Mycroft Holmes once said, “I hear of Sherlock everywhere...” I hear of Sherlock everywhere, too. He’s in the movies. He’s on TV. And of course he’s in a lot of short stories. This time I’m hearing of Sherlock in Encounters of Sherlock Holmes. The editor is George Mann, and the book contains 14 new stories. Mann’s own “The Case of the Night Crawler” features Watson, with Holmes playing a secondary role, and it has a definite steampunk vibe. There appears to be some sort of monster in the Thames, and Watson investigates with the help of a couple of Mann’s own series characters. Even Mrs. Hudson gets into the act in “Woman’s Work” by David Barnett, though Holmes gets the credit for solving the puzzle. Holmes takes the honors in Mark Hodder’s “The Loss of Chapter Twenty-One,” when Sir Richard Burton hires him to locate a stolen manuscript. “The Persian Slipper” by Steve Lockley tells where Holmes came by this favorite tobacco container, and it even features a locked room. While I have a feeling that Holmes purists might find objections to some of the stories in this volume, more casual fans will likely find them quite entertaining.