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The mammoth book of Jack the Ripper stories, [edited by] Maxim Jakubowski

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The mammoth book of Jack the Ripper stories

[edited by] Maxim Jakubowski

Maxim Jakubowski, together with Nathan Braund, edited the bestselling Mammoth Book of Jack the Ripper (1999), which has reprinted several times and was reissued in 2008 in a revised and expanded edition. The book focused on the countless theories that have been put forward with regard to the identity of the notorious Victorian serial killer and offered an extensive 100-page section presenting all the known facts in the case. It included 30 essays written by the most famous, often controversial Ripperologists putting forward their own theories. It remains one of the few titles to offer a series of alternative solutions to Jack the Ripper's identity and the truth behind the Whitechapel murders. But how many new theories and identities can researchers come up with? In this wonderful collection of brand-new stories, Jakubowski has compiled an extraordinary array of explorations into the identity of Jack the Ripper - this time unabashedly fictional, unrestrained by history and the known facts. Contributors include Carol Anne Davis, Martin Edwards, Peter Guttridge, Barbara Nadel;Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and Sally Spedding. 'Jack the Ripper' has appeared in a number of novels, as the lead character in some, beginning with Marie Belloc Lowndes's The Lodger (1913), filmed by Hitchcock. Authors as diverse as Michael Dibdin, Lindsay Faye, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Alan Moore, Fredric Brown, Ramsey Campbell and Colin Wilson have all used poetic licence to 'revive' the notorious killer. The varied stories in this fantastic new collection continue this tradition with many possible identities put forward, some already suggested by historians, others more speculative, including famous names from history and fiction. Even Sherlock Holmes is on the case!

Introduction: Maxim Jakubowski -- Bertie: Barbara Nadel -- The guided tour: Rhys Hughes -- Martha: Columbkill Noonan -- The ripper legacy: John Moralee -- Blue serge: Martin Edwards -- The simple procedure: Paul A. Freeman -- Jack's back: Vanessa de Sade -- A mote of black memory: Josh Reynolds -- Catch me when you can...: M. Christian -- Ripper familias: Terry Davis and Patrick Jones -- Kosher: Michael Gregorio -- Boiling point: Alex Howard -- Oh have you seen the devil?: Stephen Dedman -- Flowers of the chapel: Sarah Morrison -- The roebuck cabal: Martin Gately -- A small band of dedicated men: Andrew Lane -- Dear boss: Nic Martin -- His last victim: K. G. Anderson -- The face of the killer: Violet Addison and David N. Smith -- A head for murder: Keith Moray -- They keys to the door: William Meikle -- It's all in the genes: Cara Cooper -- A child of the darkness: Brett McBean -- My name is Jack...: Andrew Darlington -- An anatomically inspired tale: Betsy van Die -- The ballad of Kate Eddowes: David Bishop -- They all love Jack: Nick Sweet -- Monkeys: Steve Rasnic Tem -- Knowledge of medicine: Erin N. Kennemer -- The monster's leather apron: Adrian Ludens -- Bluebeard's wife: Catherine Lundoff -- Signed confession: Martin Feekins -- Autumn of terror: C. L. Raven -- Madame X: Nicky Peacock -- The ripper is you: Alvaro Zinos-Amaro -- Trespass: Sally Spedding -- In the wake of the autumn storm: Adrian Cole

Jack the Ripper stories