The Grey Monk

THE GREY MONK

Creator: John L. French

Cast of characters:

            The Grey Monk aka “Lewis.”

            Father Richard Harper, pastor of Saint Sebastian’s Catholic Church

            Amos Hoffman, police detective

            Tremaine, drug kingpin

            Kevin Little (aka Little Kev), Andray Davis and Andre Smith, members of Tremaine’s gang

            Dorothea Watkins

various members of the Pure Race Fellowship

           

Dressed in a hooded, dark grey habit, the Grey Monk stalks the streets of a modern day big city, meting out justice to those beyond the reach of the law. The city is unnamed, but bears a remarkable resemblance to Baltimore, MD. More than a crime fighter, the Grey Monk believes that he has been divinely appointed to fight the evil that infests the city. “Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord  ...” The Grey Monk is his agent.

The Grey Monk is assisted by Father Richard Harper for whom he (the Monk) acts as sexton. The Monk is reluctantly aided by Detective Amos Hoffman, who knew Father Harper when the latter was a cop.

The Grey Monk made his first appearances in Tom Johnson’s Fading Shadows magazines. Some of these stories were reprinted in volumes 1-3 of Tales of Masks and Mayhem (edited by Virginia E. Johnson).  The complete chronicles of The Grey Monk are collected in Souls of Fire, which was originally published by Wild Cat books and which will be reprinted by Padwolf Publishing as The Grey Monk: Souls on Fire.