originally published Shadows Over Baker Street, 2002
Holmes and Watson receive a visit from a Mr. Norrys. Who looks "fishy", if you know what I mean.
Norrys has inherited Exham Priory, and is convinced that unearthly things are taking place in the cellars. The three of them journey out there. On the way, Holmes explains what really happened to him at Reichenbach Falls - it seems Moriarity forced him into a cave where he encountered the star-headed Old Ones, before escaping.
In the cellars at Exham Priory, they are beset by the disembodied voices of men from every era of time. Including Watson's late wife. Prof. Moriarty, now a reptilian mutation, shows up to gloat that "the stars are right", but Norrys wrestles with him, falling into a portal from which the Elder Things are about to emerge, shutting it down.
Despite a nice setup and a genuine Conan Doyle tone to the writing, this is a pretty minor tale.
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