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The Speculative Detective Agency

Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic

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Pub Date Oct 6 2026 | Archive Date Aug 31 2026


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A wildly entertaining collection of interconnected stories filled with monsters, myth, and personal mysteries – blending speculative and crime fiction – that reflects our fractured yet shared global reality in which borders blur, consequences ripple, and no one and no story exists in isolation.

The Speculative Detective Agency is a global organization of agents confronting cases that defy conventional logic: haunted environments that resist documentation; a Bloody Mary sighting at an elementary school; half a demon terrorizing a neighborhood; and an office staffed entirely by functional zombies. Released to the public for the first time, these cases create a mosaic of strange investigations filled with monsters, myths, and personal mysteries reflecting our fractured yet shared global reality where borders blur, consequences ripple, and no story exists in isolation.

Acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy, crime fiction, and horror writers have been commissioned to contribute, including Scott Alderberg, Frederick Aldama, Heather E. Ash, Megan Chee, Victor De Anda, Alex Grecian, Alex Hernandez, Monique Laban, Lincoln Michel, Richie Narvaez, Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, Nadia Amina Rabbani, Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, Lekha Sen, Amber Sparks, and Martin Willis.
A wildly entertaining collection of interconnected stories filled with monsters, myth, and personal mysteries – blending speculative and crime fiction – that reflects our fractured yet shared global...

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ISBN 9798895151747
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 352

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Thank you to NetGalley and Diversion Books for an advanced copy of this fun read! The Speculative Detective Agency is a quirky anthology that blends crime fiction with the supernatural--myths, legends, horror--to create surreal tales that keep the reader engaged.

The book is presented as a dossier documenting cases from around the world at the Speculative Detective Agency. The first chapter includes brief overviews of each case that provide context for each story. Since the cases run the gamut from cryptids, magic, possession, hauntings, and remote viewing, these summaries definitely help set the stage and expectations for each tale.

I really loved the diverse stories in this anthology. I recommend this book for people who like genre-bending stories like Women of the Weird West and for listeners of podcasts like The Wrong Station and Simply Scary Podcasts. I am hoping for a second installment in this series!

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