Doc Sidhe

DOC SIDHE

Creator: Aaron Allston

Characters

Doctor Desmond MeqqRee

Jean-Pierre Lamignac

Alastair Kornback

Noriko Nomura

Harris Greene

Gabriele Donohue

Ixyail del Valle (Ish)

Zeb Watson

Eight-Finger Tom (safecracker)

Joseph (unfinished clay man)

Angus Powrie (Blackletter’s lieutenant)

The Golden Man/Changeling (Blackletter’s son?)

Duncan Blackletter (Mastermind of first novel)

Lt. Gaul Athelatane (Fair world guard – police official)

Our world is the Grim World, the alternate world is the Fair world (where once our fairy tales came from); in this Fair world magic still exist, as do non-humans. Doctor Desmond MeqqRee runs the Sidhe Foundations, and his friends call him Doc. He designs building and bridges, and fights crime with his aides. He is the Fair world’s Doc Savage; in this case he’s Doc Sidhe (pronounced Doc She).

         Doc is tall, broad shouldered, lean, and moves with the grace of a dancer. He wore loose-fitting dark slacks tucked into high leather boots, and bundled into a waist-length yellow leather coat over a white shirt. His shoulder-length hair is pure white. He has pointed ears. He is, of course, the universe’s greatest champion of justice and thwarter of evildoers.

         Ixyail del Valle: Ish is Doc’s lover. She’s small and panther-ish, with South American looks.

Harris Greene is a kick boxer, trained in tae kwon do. The night he loses his latest fight his manager drops him, then his girlfriend Gaby Donohue dumps him. He gets drunk and goes to make up with her, when he sees men abducting her. He follows and attacks the men giving Gaby time to escape, and then he finds himself in an alternate world.

Zeb Watson is black, an expert in martial arts, and trainer for kick boxers. He joins Doc Sidhe’s aides in the second story.

Gaby Donohue is gifted, and Duncan Blackletter wants to study her. He needs to take her to the Fair world to do that. But then Harris Greene and his new friend, Doc shows up to rescue her again, and she ends up in the Fair world where strangely she feels at home.

Jean-Pierre Lamignac is an elf prince turned mercenary, and aide of Doc Sidhe.

Noriko Nomura is a master of martial arts, and aide of Doc Sidhe.

Doctor Alastair Kornbock, though elderly, is a surgical wizard and world-class marksman, and aide of Doc Sidhe.

There had been other aides, but they perished in previous battles. Some had died at the hands of Joseph, the unfinished clay man. But now Joseph works with Doc Sidhe to right wrongs.

Two novels have been published.

“Doc Sidhe” (1995), BAEN Books

“Sidhe-Devil” (2001) BAEN Books

        

Captain Anthony Adventure

CAPTAIN ANTHONY ADVENTURE

Creator: Tom Johnson

The Adventurers

Cap Adventure

Harrison “Slim” Mosby (Shakespearean actor)

Samuel “Sam” Clements Tolliver (Chemist)

Terrance “Terry” Carter Moberry (Physicist)

Carl “Tip” Phillip Tipton (Paleontologist)

Roger Egan Gordon “Reg” (Physician)

Dora & Kelly (Twin sisters, acrobats and trapeze performers)

Comatose Rogers (Canadian land owner)

Beatrice Rogers Comatose Roger’s daughter)

John Clemens (Canadian mine contractor)

Tommy Two Heads (Crazy Indian guide)

Claude (Foreman of the Roger’s mines)

Timber LaGrange (huge lumber jack)

Sasquatch (?)

         Captain Anthony Adventure is a giant in height and weighs 270 pounds, but unless he was seen next to someone it was difficult to judge his height and weight, for he was a perfect specimen of manhood. His physic was not bulky, but highly toned and shaped.

         Harrison “Slim” Mosby was slender and wispy, and most probably the best Shakespearean actor the Great White Way had ever produced. He swung an ominous black sword cane as if bent on murder.

         Samuel “Sam” Clements Tolliver was five foot tall and weighed 260 pounds, but moved lightly on his feet like a trained boxer. He was a chemist of great note.

         Carl “Tip” Phillip Tipton is a world-renowned paleontologist, whose greatest joy in life is breaking panels out of oak doors with his massive fists.

         Roger Egan Gordon, better known as “Reg” to his friends, is a world famous physician.

         Terrance “Terry” Carter Moberry is a physicist by trade.

Dora & Kelly are twin sisters, and famous acrobats and aerialists on the high wire and trapeze. And like all the Adventurers, they are always ready to travel the world in search of adventure and excitement.

         There has only been one novelette so far.

“Terror In The North Country” (NTD) 2011 anthology.

The Scarlet Shroud

THE SCARLET SHROUD

Creator: Chris & William Carney

Characters

Alexander Hold

Miles Hawkins

Takeshi Haradi

Hannah Salem

Lawrence Farley

Detective Lester Cheevers

Detective Mick Alphonse

Mrs. Baine

Lao Sun Shu-Hui

Alexander Holt is the Assistant D.A. He was certainly attractive. There was almost a predatory quality to him, a tall, slim figure, and a sense that a tiger lived beneath the dark tailored suit. His dark hair with the stray lock hanging across his strong forehead, the angular features and chiseled cheekbones, the strong chin and straight nose. Beneath the dark suit you could tell he was well built and muscular, with great strength in his shoulders and arms.

Holt rushed out of a side room, sliding a pair of .45 automatics into a fancy, two-gun shoulder holster. He’s switched out of the tux into a dark gray suit and long black coat. At his hip was slung another gun, an odd-looking art deco affair reminiscent of a Saturday Matinee serial. Next, he donned a wide-brimmed black hat. Sewn to the inside band was a red leather mask that completely concealed his face. Only his steely gray eyes remained visible. The Scarlet Shroud was ready for battle.

Takeshi Haradi is Holt’s houseman and chauffeur. A tall, whisper-thin Japanese anticipated Holt’s emergence from the club, the cop close to his heels. Dressed in a crisp gray uniform, the chauffeur opened the back door of Holt’s sleek Duesenberg as soon as his boss came out of the building. And … in the center of the warehouse, Takeshi had also changed into dark clothing and was climbing into the autogyro. The propeller blades began to whirl as he switched on the quietly humming engine.

Miles Hawkins didn’t cut an impressive figure. The hair beneath his cap was receding, and his rumpled tweed jacket hid a doughnut of flab growing around his belly. The bitter, vinegary smell of the chemicals he’d been working with clung to his clothes. The overall impression he left was brown: brown mustache, brown pants, and brown eyes. He looked like any of the haunted, unemployed laborers wandering Manhattan’s streets, but hidden beneath his broad forehead was a keen, brilliant mind. He was responsible for many of the gadgets The Scarlet Shroud used in his battle with the underworld.

Hannah Salem is a reporter of the New York Observer. The plucky, golden-haired reporter wore a stunning blue silk gown that hugged her luscious curves, and her hairdo must have taken hours. She doesn’t know the identity of The Scarlet Shroud, but often helps with important information she digs up in the newspaper files.

Hidden deep in the gloom of New York’s underworld Lao Sun Shu-Hui ruled Chinatown with an iron talon. As the sinister, spectral lord of drugs, gambling, smuggling and murder in the area, he was feared by the mobsters of Little Italy. The police had never been able to trace him, and the Italian and Irish gangs steered well clear of his fiefdom. Even other tongs like the Hip Sings and On Leong feared him. He operated in a world all his on, lurking in the deepest bowels of the mysterious enclave of Chinatown. The Scarlet Shroud has penetrated his hideouts several times when after information. If it is to the Chinaman’s favor, the information will be given, if not, then The Scarlet Shroud must escape the den and try another day.

Lawrence Farley is the D.A., and Holt’s boss.

Detective Lester Cheevers and Detective Mick Alphonse are the police officials usually on the cases that The Scarlet Shroud is also working.

Mrs. Bains is Holt’s maid, but only works a few days a week.

There have been four short stories and a novel published in the series so far. A shame, this one could become a good series if it continues.

“Dark Night of The Leaper”  (WCB 2007) Lost Sanctum $3.

“The Adventures of The Scarlet Shroud” (WCB 2010) Contains four short stories:

“Dark Night of The Leaper”

Bitter Night of The Dynamo”

“Day of The Vengeful Viper”

“An Evening of Reflection”

“Dagon’s Disciples”  (WCB 2011)