THE BLACK
SPECTRE
Creator:
Roger Alford
Characters
Brent
Gregor
Bernard
Worthington
Victoria
Rose
Frank
Matson
Abigail
Wentworth
Mayor
E. Leland Tackman
John
Nibley
Big
Jack Terrisimo
Three-finger
Ned Vogel
Harry
LaSalle
Harvey
O’Donnell
Vito
“Spats” Gennaro
Dennis
Morris
Madame
Ouspenskaya
The Black Spectre was dressed all in black, with
a large, flowing cloak, a wide-brimmed hat, and a long scarlet headscarf
beneath it. Covering his face was a facemask – a gleaming white skull. Pulling
the black glove from his right hand revealed a fire-opal ring that glowed
brightly.
The Brent Mansion is forever known as The Murder
Mansion after Brent’s father, the District Attorney is murdered, and young
Brent is shot and left confined to a wheelchair. His old butler, Bernard
Worthington remains by his side throughout all the hardships.
Abigail Wentworth is a beautiful young
swan with long, flowing brunette locks that framed her lightly freckled face
and cascaded down her shoulders. Her natural radiance and unadorned out-shown
everyone else around her beauty. Her voice was soft and melodic. She was raised
near Brent as a child and later became his fiancé after college. She wanted to
fly and travel the world, but Brent was stuck to land and the wheelchair.
Harry LaSalle is the Chief of Police, and a
no-nonsense man with a thick head of white hair and thick-rimmed glasses.
Victoria Rose, called “Red”, is a
reporter fore the Daily Crusader. She’s stuck in the City Hall beat but wants
to be on the Crime beat, and sticks her neck out to find front-page crime for
her paper
Frank Matson is the City Editor for the
Daily Crusader, and Red’s immediate boss.
Mayor E. Leland Tackman is the current
Mayor, and in the pocket of the mob. He has a heart attack while dallying with
a young girl in his room. Red sneaks in a removes the girl while getting the
sordid story.
With the death of Mayor Tackman, John
Nibley moves into the Mayor’s position and tries to clean up the police
department, but is soon murdered by the mob and another man put in his place.
Big Jack Terrisimo is the Mob Boss in
the city, and controls City Hall as well as the police department. It was his
orders that had killed Brent’s father.
Three-finger Ned Vogel murdered Brent’s
father in 1921. He was captured, declared insane, and put in the local asylum.
However, the asylum was run by the mob, and Vogel has the run of the place.
It’s as good as a hideaway for whenever he is needed by the mob again.
Vito “Spats” Gennaro is a soldato and
works for Big Jack Terrisimo.
Dennis Morris works in the newspaper
morgue and is sweet on Vicky. He is tall and gangly.
Harvey O’Donnell agreed to confess to a
mob murder for money given to his wife and children. But when he went to trial
the judge sentenced him to the death chair. Now he can’t back out, but Vicky
knows he isn’t guilty and wants to prove his innocents, if she can just get
Brent’s help.
Madame Ouspenskaya is a Gypsy woman
with a magic ring for Brent if he will agree to help bring justice to those
that need it. For there have been many to wear the cloak and ring of The Black
Spectre.
There have been five stories so far. One
paperbacks and four eBooks.
“Ghost
In The Asylum” (Black Hood Press) August 2015
“No
Victory Without Scars” (Black Hood Press) Nov 2017
“Vengeance
Waits At The Door” (Black Hood Press) Dec 2017
“Death
Is A Silent Intruder (Black Hood Press) July 2016
“Invitation
To Death” (Black Hood Press) April 2010
