About the Author
Ralph E. Vaughan has written several Sherlock Holmes stories and is responsible for writing the first pastiche which brought together the literary worlds of HP Lovecraft and Sherlock Holmes, “The Adventure of the Ancient Gods.” An expert on the life and work of HP Lovecraft, he is the author of H.P. Lovecraft in the Comics, a survey of the way in which Lovecraft’s stories were presented in graphic format over the years. In addition to the Paws & Claws series, he also writes Folkestone & Hand Interplanetary Steampunk Adventures, which takes place in an alternate universe where the Solar System is subject to a benevolent and progressive Pax Britannia. Also from his pen are the DCI Arthur Ravyn mysteries, set in the fictional and legend-haunted English county of Hammershire. A writer since the Seventies, Mr Vaughan primarily wrote short stories until 2010, writing a story every week or two, of which about three hundred saw publication in various magazines and journals; several of his favourite stories were collected in Beneath Strange Stars in 2015. While in the U.S. Army (1974-1980) Mr Vaughan was a photojournalist, deployed to many areas in support of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Mobile), writing stories and taking photographs for military and civilian newspapers and magazines. Mr Vaughan is a long-time resident of Chula Vista, California, the setting for all the Paw & Claws books. He has been married more than forty years. He and his wife, Pat, have two children and two grandchildren. Their house is also called home by several dogs and cats, and just about any canine waif that finds its way to their front door.
Also by Ralph E. Vaughan
Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Sherlock Holmes: The Coils of Time & Other Stories
Sherlock Holmes: Cthulhu Mythos Adventures
The Adventure of the Ancient Gods
The Terror Out of Time
The Dreaming Detective/Adventure of the Laughing Moonbeast
Paws & Claws
The Dog Who Loved Sherlock Holmes (P&C #0)
Paws & Claws: A Three Dog Mystery (P&C #1)
A Flight of Raptors (P&C #2)
K-9 Blues (P&C #3)
The Death & Life of an American Dog (P&C #4)
Dogs of S.T.E.A.M. (P&C #5)
Folkestone & Hand Interplanetary Steampunk Adventures
Shadows Against the Empire (F&H #1)
Amidst Dark Satanic Mills (F&H #2)
The Demon-Haunted Moon (F&H #3)
Other Works
Professor Challenger & The Secrets of the Dreamlands
Beneath Strange Stars (short story collection)
Reflections Upon Elder Egypt (essays)
H.P. Lovecraft in the Comics
Oh, Mr Yoda! (play, w/ Patricia E Vaughan)
Midnight for Schrödinger’s Cat (poetry)
Fear & Loathing in the Alien’s Universe (literary criticism)
As Editor/Illustrator
Fungi From Yuggoth (w/ HP Lovecraft & Nick Petrosino)
Martian Twilight (w/ John Eric Holmes & David Barker)
The Book of Rimel (w/ Duane Rimel)
The Second Book of Rimel (w/ Duane Rimel)
The Illustrated Dreams of Yith (w/ Duane Rimel)
How to Contact the Author
For Ralph E Vaughan on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/RalphEVaughan
For the Paws & Claws series on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/007paws
To learn more about me and see what books have been published, meet me on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Ralph-Vaughan/e/B001KCJ7MY/
GoodReads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2769338.Ralph_E_Vaughan
or on my blog Book Scribbles:
http://bookscribbles.blogspot.com/
Additionally, you can follow me on Twitter: @RalphTheWriter
To contact me about readings, signings or convention appearances, please send me an email:
[email protected]
Coming Attractions
Thank you for reading Murder in the Goblins’ Playground. DCI Arthur Ravyn and DS Leo Stark will again find mystery and murder in Village of Ghosts, once more set in legend-haunted Hammershire County. If you enjoyed this novel, please return for another visit, and be sure to tell a friend about it.
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