FEAST OF FOOLS
Charles
St. Cyprian speaks to George “Boko” Fittleworth, who resides in Steeple
Bumpleigh. According to their mutual friends, Boko’s successes make
liver-gnawing characters like Adam Fenwick-Symes and Harold Acton grind their
teeth in literary frustration. Boko remarks that it’s a shame none of the
Trinity Tiddlers could make it, and that George St. Barleigh enjoyed a touch of
the polo. St. Cyprian refers to Tuppy and Bingo, and Boko asks where Bertie
Wooster is. Their host Monty Wallace is a member in good standing of several
London clubs, including the Drones. St. Cyprian notices a few stragglers from
the Runcible set among the guests. Boko remarks that he thought Finknottle was
a pedantic ass, with his blasted newts. St. Cyprian mentions his predecessor
Carnacki. Monty complains about a bottle of Averoigne ’72 left in his burning
house.
Short story by Josh Reynolds in PulpWork
Christmas Special 2012. George “Boko”
Fittleworth, Steeple Bumpleigh, Tuppy Glossop, Bingo Little, Bertie Wooster, the
Drones Club, and Gussie Fink-Nottle (spelled Finknottle here) are from P.G.
Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories. Adam Fenwick-Symes and Agatha Runcible are from
Evelyn Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies. The
Trinity Tiddlers and George St. Barleigh are from the television series Blackadder
Goes Forth. Carnacki is from William Hope
Hodgson’s short story collection Carnacki the Ghost-Finder. The French province of Averoigne appears in
a number of Clark Ashton Smith’s stories.
I've only read Joshua Reynolds's two Executioner novels. Both of which contain crossover references (and both of which are very good.)
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that this story most of the crossovers are from comedic series (the exceptions being Carnacki and Averoigne). In the previous St. Cyprian story they were from mostly horror stories (though Wodehouse was reference.) That would make me assume that the previous story was more serious than this one, but since I haven't read it the exact opposite might be true.
Neither story is particularly comedic in tone.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess you can't tell by the crossover references.
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