The Case of the Pipe Dream

The Case of the Pipe Dream
"The Case of the Pipe Dream" is a story by Chantelle Messier in the anthology Tales of the Great Detectives edited by Philip Purser-Hallard for Obverse Books.

Synopsis
A Doctor Watson is sent to ascertain the state of mind of a Sherlock Holmes who has seemingly gotten lost in his original narrative, a Broken Holmes. Watson find himself swept up in the wake of Broken Holmes as he seeks the truth, albeit in his own fiction fugued manner, about a serious infection of a mental toxin in one of the City Districts.

Characters

 * "Broken" Holmes
 * Doctor John Watson