Crossover TV Episode: Remember Lake Serene

 

In this episode of Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Jim and Joan Nash and their friends run into U.N.C.L.E. agent April Dancer. The Nashes previously encountered April's fellow U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin in the episode "Say U.N.C.L.E."

This crossover, and hundreds more, are covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Like the first two volumes, this one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover of the Week

Many thanks to author Michael Howard for sending me a list of the crossovers in his novel, and a promo code to purchase a copy!

Spring 1912 

JIMMIE DALE, ALIAS THE GRAY SEAL 

Jimmie Dale, the Gray Seal, battles a white slavery ring. Appearing or mentioned are Dick Van Loan; Frank Havens; Artie “Chimp” Jermyn; Daniel Reid; the Blakeney family; Gunnison; Lady Kate Maxwell; Wilson Hargreaves; the Faithful Fifty; Billy McGee; Mrs. Battle; a Hirondel roadster; Harrisonville, NJ; the Ruritanian embassy; Aubrey Maturin; McKenzie of the Oracle; Glencannon’s Dew; the Sea-Girl; Allan Montague; frog-headed natives near Ponape; Haddock of the Karaboudjan; Englehorn of the Venture; Officer Karl Lohmann; Latveria; Yat Soon; the Si-Fan; Ashton-Kirk; a Potawatomi Indian; Lupin; Meadowes; Sam; Detective Gryce; Middleton, CO; Parr; Kramer; Fernack; Rumsey; Summers; Arthur Dimmesdale; Townsend Harper; Waverly; Frances Baird; the Duchess of Denver; Joan Barkley North; Hamilton Cleek; Thurston Howell II; Philo Vance; Westrel Keen; Drusilla Lane; the Continental Detective Agency; the Black Ship; Rachel Barans; Stars Hollow; the Model Press Clipping Bureau; Miriam Possible; James Clarkston Savage; Anatole; the de la Vega family; Professor Kennedy; Rosalind Hollis; Victor Carden; Ida Jones; Nick Carter; Hesselius; Baul-tar; Carcosa; Professor Harold Hill; a blonde southern woman named Porter; Skarl the Drummer; the Black Lotus; the Teduki bush; Yajur-tahn; Lake Hali; Mana-Yood-Sushai; Prince Omar; Officer Humboldt; Q-6; Blair Hospital; Dr. Gillespie; Ephraim Tutt; Professor Van Dusen; the Moreau Men; and Hugo Danner. 

This 2017 novel by Michael Howard is a prequel to Frank L. Packard’s Gray Seal series. Dick Van Loan is better known as the Phantom Detective. Frank Havens is his ally, the publisher of the New York Clarion. Artie “Chimp” Jermyn is a member of the family seen in H. P. Lovecraft’s “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family.” Daniel Reid is the nephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger, and the father of Britt Reid, the Green Hornet. “Gunnison” is a reference to Bill Gunnigan, the city editor on Britt's newspaper, the Daily Sentinel. The Potawatomi Indian is the Lone Ranger’s companion Tonto. Joan Barkley is from The Lone Ranger radio series; her married name implies she is an ancestor of Hugh North, the protagonist of F. Van Wyck Mason’s novels. Jimmie Dale is revealed to be a descendant of Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel, the hero of Baroness Orczy’s books. Lady Kate Maxwell is from the Night Wind stories by Varick Vanardy. Wilson Hargreaves (or Hargreave) is from Doyle and Watson’s “The Adventure of the Dancing Men.” The Faithful Fifty, Yat Soon, and the Black Ship are from the Shadow novels. Billy McGee is from Earl Derr Biggers’ novel Seven Keys to Baldpate. Mrs. Battle is the wife of G-8’s butler. The Hirondel roadster and Inspector John Fernack are from Leslie Charteris’ Saint novels. Harrisonville, NJ is from Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin stories. Ruritania is from Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda. Aubrey Maturin is a descendant of Dr. Stephen Maturin from Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. Captain Leonard McKenzie of the Oracle is the father of the Marvel Comics hero Namor the Sub-Mariner. Glencannon’s Dew is a reference to Guy Gilpatric’s Mr. Glencannon stories. The Sea-Girl is from Robert E. Howard’s Sailor Steve Costigan tales. Allan Montague is from the works of Upton Sinclair. The frog-headed natives are from Abraham Merritt’s The Moon Pool. Captain Archibald Haddock and the Karaboudjan are from Hergé’s comic The Adventures of Tintin. Captain Englehorn and the Venture are from King Kong. Officer Karl Lohmann is from Fritz Lang’s M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Apparently, he lived in New York for a time before the events of those films. Latveria is the country ruled by the Fantastic Four’s archenemy, Dr. Victor von Doom. The Si-Fan is from Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu novels. Ashton-Kirk is a detective created by John T. McIntyre. Lupin is Maurice Leblanc’s gentleman thief Arsène Lupin. Meadowes is a relative of Bertie Wooster’s valet before Reginald Jeeves in P. G. Wodehouse's novels. Anatole will go on to be the chef of Bertie’s aunt and uncle, Dahlia and Tom Travers. Sam is Johnston McCulley’s lisping pickpocket Thubway Tham. Ebenezer Gryce is Anna Katharine Green’s police detective, often working in tandem with Amelia Butterworth. Middleton, CO and Miriam Possible are from the animated television series Kim Possible. The cartoon is too outlandish to fit smoothly into the Crossover Universe, so presumably Kim has a CU counterpart. Deputy Parr was created by Frederick Irving Anderson. By extension, Anderson’s characters Oliver Armiston, the Infallible Godahl, Sophie Lang, and Jason Selfridge are also in the CU. Inspector Kramer (or Cramer) is from Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe novels. Inspector Rumsey is from Hulbert Footner’s Madame Rosika Storey series. Inspector Summers is from Herman Landon’s Picaroon tales. Arthur Dimmesdale is a descendant of the reverend of the same name seen in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Townsend Harper is from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Monster Men. Alexander Waverly is from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Frances Baird is from Reginald Wright Kauffman’s Miss Frances Baird, Detective. The Duchess of Denver is the mother of Dorothy L. Sayers’ sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Hamilton Cleek, “the man of the forty faces,” is Thomas W. Hanshew’s detective. Thurston Howell II is the father of Thurston Howell III from the TV series Gilligan’s Island. Philo Vance is S. S. Van Dine’s detective. Westrel Keen, Rosalind Hollis, and Victor Carden are from Robert W. Chambers’ The Tracer of Missing Persons. Drusilla Lane is the niece of Drury Lane, an actor and amateur sleuth created by “Barnaby Ross” (Ellery Queen). The Continental Detective Agency is from Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op stories. Rachel Barans is related to Rabbi David Barans from the TV series Gilmore Girls, which takes place in Stars Hollow, Connecticut. The Model Press Clipping Bureau is from Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. James Clarkston Savage is meant to be Doc’s father. Savage says he and Jimmie are related; Philip José Farmer established the elder Savage’s real name was James Clarke Wildman, Sr., and revealed he was the great-grandson of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Officer Humboldt is from the Doc Savage novel The Annihilist. The de la Vega reference implies Jimmie is also descended from Johnston McCulley’s Zorro. Professor Craig Kennedy is Arthur B. Reeve’s detective. Ida Jones is one of the assistants of dime novel detective Nick Carter. Dr. Martin Hesselius is from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s In a Glass Darkly. Baul-tar and Yajur-tahn are meant to be Baal-Pteor and Yajur from Robert E. Howard’s Conan story “Shadows in Zamboula.” The Black Lotus is also from the Conan tales. Carcosa and Lake Hali are from Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow. Professor Harold Hill is from the musical The Music Man. The southern woman named Porter is related to the jungle lord’s wife. Skarl the Drummer and Mana-Yood-Sushai are from Lord Dunsany’s The Gods of Pegana. The Teduki (or Taduki) bush is from H. Rider Haggard’s Allan Quatermain series. Prince Abdul Omar is J. U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith’s detective Semi-Dual. John Christopher, aka Q-6, is the father of Jimmy Christopher, aka Operator #5. Blair Hospital and Dr. Gillespie are from Max Brand’s Dr. Kildare stories. Ephraim Tutt is Arthur Train’s lawyer. Professor Augustus Van Dusen is Jacques Futrelle’s detective, “the Thinking Machine.” The Moreau Men are a reference to H. G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau. Hugo Danner is from Philip Wylie’s Gladiator. 

This crossover write-up is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, the book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Murder on the Ballarat Train

 

Are you a fan of Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries?

Then you'll love this book, which has a shout-out to Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels!

For more information, check out my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! As with the first two volumes, this latest magnum opus is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Covers: Wonder Woman/Conan

Conan encounters an amnesiac Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira), whom he believes to be his first love from his childhood, and together they battle a pair of evil sorceresses. At one point, Conan says Diana reminds him of a certain redhead of his acquaintance. This is Red Sonja, of course.

This crossover is one among hundreds to receive a writeup in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Just as with its predecessors, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Movie Poster: The Magnificent Ambersons

 

Are you a fan of Orson Welles' classic film Citizen Kane?

Then you'll love the nod to one of its characters in another of Welles' films!

For more information, consult my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, it is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Written in My Own Heart's Blood

 

In 1778, Lord John Grey briefly encounters Natty Bumppo. Per Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, James Fenimore Cooper’s Natty Bumppo is a Wold Newton Family ancestor, so this crossover brings in Gabaldon’s Outlander series which blends the historical romance and science fiction genres. Lord John Grey also appears in a spin-off series of his own.

This crossover is just one among hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Just like the first two volumes, this one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Phases of the Moon: Full Moon

 

Are you a fan of the books and comics put out by Moonstone Books?

Then you'll love this decades-spanning graphic novel which features various characters published by Moonstone, from the Spider to Sheena!

For more information, check out my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, this new tome is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Sir John Magill's Last Journey

Inspector French tells a fellow policeman to “use your grey cells, as that Belgian would say.” “That Belgian” is Hercule Poirot.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover of the Week

June 1968

PASSENGER 

Chief Inspector Thursday’s daughter Joan tells him she and her mother Win are going to buy a new lamp and have lunch at Burridges. During his investigation, Detective Sergeant Morse visits the Crossroads Motel in Kings Oak, where a cleaner called Mrs. T is mentioned. Several train stations are referenced, including Chadwick, Hamingwell Halt, Pudham, Whimperley, and Norborough. A Hammond & Sons Hauliers truck appears. 

Episode of Endeavour broadcast February 18, 2018. Burridges Department Store is from the movie Trouble in Store and has been mentioned on Endeavour previously. The Crossroads Motel and Kings Oak are from the TV series Crossroads. Amy Turtle was the motel’s cleaner. Chadwick Station is from August Derleth’s Solar Pons story “The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive.” Hamingwell Halt and Pudham Stations are from the movie The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery. Whimperley Station is from Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novella “Dead Man’s Mirror.” Norborough Station is from The Avengers episode “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station.” Hammond & Sons Hauliers is a reference to the 1972-1976 TV series The Brothers. In the show, the Hammond family’s business was called Hammond Transport Services, but it’s not unlikely that they could have changed the name in the intervening years. 

I chose to highlight an Endeavour episode because the series finale, "Exeunt," airs today in the U.K. In nine seasons, this show racked up a truly impressive number of shout-outs to other works. Major props to show creator Russell Lewis and his team for their role in expanding the rich tapestry that is the Crossover Universe!!!

This crossover writeup is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! Like its predecessors, the new volume is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Jennifer's Body

 

Are you a fan of Tim Seeley's comic book Hack/Slash?

Then you'll love this graphic novel tie-in to the movie Jennifer's Body, which contains a story by Seeley that has a nod to Cassie Hack!

For all the gory details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which is to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, this latest edition is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: The Air Loom

 

The Pulptress battles the Air Loom Gang, who have been causing people to experience sudden madness in England, including her old teacher, Peter Knight. Helping her is Knight’s grandson Roger, a New Scotland Yard inspector. Knight is said to have fought “the ungodly” as early as the Roaring Twenties. Roger describes his grandfather as “the modern Robin Hood.” The Pulptress asks Roger, “Did your grandfather ever tell you about his really strange adventures? The story about the giant bugs or the one about Loch Ness?” At the end of the case, the elder Knight tells Emily and Roger, “The two of you did well...Although you realize, you owe it all to my teaching.” Emily responds, “As the actress said to the bishop.” The Pulptress is already in the CU through meetings with Derrick Ferguson’s character Dillon, Erwin K. Roberts’ hero the Voice, and Ron Fortier’s undead vigilante Brother Bones. “Peter Knight” is a thinly disguised version of Simon Templar, the Saint.
This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, winging your way in the future from Meteor House! Much like the first two books, this one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Kolchak: The Phoenix Rising

 

Are you a fan of the classic 1970s TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker?

Then you'll love this comic, in which Carl Kolchak meets the protagonist of the 1982 show The Phoenix!

All the juicy details can be found in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two volumes, this new one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Waters of Darkness

 

In 1640, pirates and lovers Angus “Bloody Red” Buchanan and Crimson Kate O’Toole and their respective crews battle a sorcerer who worships the Old One Dagon. The pirates also duel with the Deep Ones, and the sunken city of Y’ha-nthlei is mentioned. The sorcerer says, “That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons, even death may die.” After vanquishing their foes, Angus and his first mate Mose Cooper discuss where they want to go next. Mose wants to search for the Golden Fleece, but Angus wants to visit an island off the coast of Sumatra, twelve degrees south and seventy-eight degrees east. The Old Ones, Dagon, the Deep Ones, Y’ha-nthlei, and the phrase “That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons, even death may die” are from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The island near Sumatra is Skull Island, King Kong’s home.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV Episode: Mr. Scratch

 

Are you a fan of Stephen King's works?

Then you may enjoy this episode of the TV series Criminal Minds which mentions King's recurring town of Derry, Maine!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, this latest one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Tales from the Hanging Monkey Volume 2

 

In Crossovers Expanded Volume 1, I covered all four stories in the anthology Tales from the Hanging Monkey Volume 1, published by Airship 27 Productions. Two of the stories in the second volume have crossovers.

In Don Gates' "The Star of the Sea," a mysterious woman named Moira LeCain tells Corky O’Brian, the owner of the Hanging Monkey bar on the island of Motugra, about the sea creatures known as the Abyss Dwellers: “It is theorized that they have ties with the Deep Ones that are spoken about in the Ponape Scriptures, or with a particular kind of amphibian creature that are known to reside in certain black lagoons of the Amazon.” The Deep Ones are from H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” The Ponape Scripture is from Lin Carter’s stories set in the milieu of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The kind of amphibian creature known to reside in certain black lagoons of the Amazon is a reference to the Gill-Man from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon and its sequels.

In Lee Houston, Jr. and Nancy A. Hansen's "The Merciless Mermaid," Corky and friends battle a beautiful redheaded villain named Sirene and her crew of treasure seekers. Ultimately, Sirene and her men escape with a chest containing their quarry. One of the sailors, Sirene’s father, asks, “Ya have any idea how your client knew about it, let alone why he’s willing to pay so much for a small statue of a black enameled bird?” The statue is the Maltese Falcon, from Dashiell Hammett’s novel of the same name. There is a reference to the mess brewing in Europe, placing this story during World War II. 

These two crossovers are among hundreds I've written up for my latest book, Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert!

Crossover of the Week

Spring 1868-1876 
THY NAME IS SABBATH 
A failed murder sets in motion an eight-year-long series of events that leads to a bounty hunter adopting the alias of Major D. M. Sabbath. Appearing or mentioned are: Jimmy Ballantrae (aka Valentin L’Ollonaise); Bougival Junction; Otto Stejar; Colonel Heinrich Von Skimmel; the Black Indian (aka Christian Adam Sabbath); Red Galloway; the Crazy Indian; Isaiah; Brockston-Morton Railways; Arthur Gordon; Leroy Bailey; the Hellbender Regiment; Randall; Sheriff Priam Ramsey; Hatfield; Paolo di Marco and his nephew Gino; Philip “Hot Lead” Holden; Marty Heywood; Lieutenant Tervis; Colonel Jonas Leland; Giddy Burnett; Samson McDade; Jake Sartana (aka the Ace of Hearts); “that crazy Englishman who made a bet this year about traveling around the world in 80 days”; the Gentlemen of the Night; Fergus O’Breane; Jason McIntock; O’Breane’s successor in London; Redstone; Rocambole; William LeFrank Gordon, aka Bill Gordon and Frank Gordon; Baron Gustav Von Schulenberg; Enrique Claudin; the Chupin Detective Agency; Grandville Fuller; Lost Knob, Texas; Christian Adam Sabbath, Jr.; Arthur Gordon’s wife Xaviera; Skurlock; Mitchell Stangerson; Ignacz Djanko; the J. V. Harden Tobacco Company; Bryant’s Gap; Delilah L’Ollonaise; Madame Delphine; Hot Lead’s son; John Gordon; Snow Hill County; Judge Cutthroat; Bennet’s Raiders; Specs; Horst Drebber; the Council of Four; John Ferrier; Count Stanislaus Kowalski; Anton Niklas Petersen; San Miguel; the Drifter with Many Names; Chadwell; the Black Coats; Regina; Louie Gordon; Sgt. Boomerang Smith; Captain Younger; and Delta Valley, California. 
Story by Rick Lai in Rick Lai’s Major Sabbath, Ron Fortier, ed., Airship 27 Productions, 2016. Major D. M. Sabbath is a conflation of Colonel Douglas Mortimer from the movie For a Few Dollars More with the title character of the movies Sabata and Return of Sabata, both played by Lee Van Cleef. Jimmy Ballantrae is meant to be Ballantine from the movie Adiós, Sabata. Stejar and Colonel Skimmel are also from that film. The Black Indian is meant to be the title character of Adiós, Sabata, also known as Indio Black, and played by Yul Brynner. Bougival Junction is from the movie Frenchie King. Red Galloway is a combination of Lee Galloway, the actual protagonist of the inaccurately titled film Sartana in the Valley of Death, with Banjo from Sabata; William Berger played both roles. The Crazy Indian and Isaiah are El Indio and Prophet from For a Few Dollars More. Brockston-Morton Railways is a conflation of the Brockston railroad company from the movie The Big Gundown with the Morton railroad company from the film Once Upon a Time in the West. William LeFrank Gordon is a combination of William L. “Bill” Gordon from Robert E. Howard’s “The Dead Remember” with Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West. Baron Von Schulenberg is from The Big Gundown. Here, he is Colonel Skimmel’s cousin; both characters were played by Gérard Herter. Arthur Gordon is from Emile Gaboriau’s La Vie Infernale. The Chupin Detective Agency is also from Gaboriau’s works. Bailey is from the movie Hannie Caulder. Specs is another character from that film, Thomas Luther Price. The Hellbender Regiment and Colonel Jonas are from the movie The Hellbenders. Jonas’ surname of Leland implies a genealogical relationship to Jed Leland from Citizen Kane; Joseph Cotten played both characters. Randall is bounty hunter Josh Randall from the TV series Wanted: Dead or Alive. Sheriff Priam Ramsey is the father of the title character of the TV show Hec Ramsey. Samson McDade is Sam McDade from the Hec Ramsey episode “Scar Tissue.” Hatfield is from the movie Stagecoach. Paolo and Gino di Marco are from the Have Gun – Will Travel episode “The High Graders.” Delta Valley, California is where Paladin adopted his alias in the Have Gun – Will Travel episode “Genesis.” Philip “Hot Lead” Holden is meant to be “Hot Dead” Holden from the movie I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death. Sartana is a spaghetti western hero played by Gianni Garko, who also portrayed a virtually identical character called the Ace of Hearts in A Bullet for a Stranger. Grandville Fuller is from Light the Fuse...Sartana Is Coming. Marty Heywood is from the movie Wanted. Lieutenant Tervis is meant to be Clyde from Return of Sabata. Jason McIntock is related to Joe McIntock from the same film. In Return of Sabata, it is revealed Sabata left a woman at the altar in Redstone who later gave birth to his son; Delilah L’Ollonaise is meant to be that woman. Giddy Burnett (later Sheriff Gideon Burnett), Hot Lead’s son (Loco, played, like Hot Dead himself, by Klaus Kinski), John Gordon, Snow Hill County, Judge Cutthroat (Henry Pollicut), Regina, and Louie Gordon (Silence) are from the movie The Great Silence. “That crazy Englishman” is Phileas Fogg from Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. The Gentlemen of the Night are from Paul Féval’s novel of the same name, as is Fergus O’Breane. The Black Coats are featured in a series of novels by Féval. O’Breane’s successor in London is Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ archenemy. Stangerson, Drebber, the Council of Four, and John Ferrier are from Doyle and Watson’s first Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet. The J. V. Harden Tobacco Company is based on a reference to a tobacco millionaire named John Vincent Harden in the Holmes tale “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.” Rocambole is the protagonist of a series of novels by Ponson du Terrail. Enrique Claudin is really Erik, the title character of Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera, using an alias. Erique Claudin was the Phantom’s real name in the 1943 film adaptation of the novel. Lost Knob, Texas is from Robert E. Howard’s “Graveyard Rats,” “Old Garfield’s Heart,” and “Wild Water.” Christian Adam Sabbath, Jr. is meant to be Chris Adams from the Magnificent Seven film series; he was played variously by Yul Brynner (The Magnificent Seven and Return of the Magnificent Seven), George Kennedy (Guns of the Magnificent Seven), and Lee Van Cleef (The Magnificent Seven Ride!) The implication of Arthur Gordon’s marriage to Xaviera LeFrank, the stage name of actress Francine Xavier, is that he is the grandfather of Robert E. Howard’s adventurer Francis X. Gordon, aka El Borak. Skurlock, Texas is from Howard’s “Black Wind Blowing.” Ignacz Djanko is the title character of the movies Django and Django Strikes Again. Bryant’s Gap is where a group of Texas Rangers, including Dan Reid, were massacred by Butch Cavendish’s gang; the sole survivor, Dan’s brother John Reid, adopted the guise of the Lone Ranger. Madame Delphine is Delphine Yant from Louis L’Amour’s The Proving Trail. In that novel, it is said that the Yant family also uses the aliases of Cabanus and L’Ollonaise. Bennet’s Raiders are from the movie Face to Face. Count Stanislaus Kowalski is really A. J. Raffles’ foe Count Corbucci from E. W. Hornung’s “The Fate of Faustina” and “The Last Laugh,” while Anton Niklas Petersen is in fact Guy Boothby’s villain Dr. Antonio Nikola. The names Kowalski and Petersen evoke Yodlaf Peterson and Sergei Kowalski, Franco Nero’s characters in the movies Compañeros and The Mercenary, respectively. San Miguel is a Mexican border town seen in four Eurowesterns: El Rojo, A Fistful of Dollars; Run, Man, Run, the sequel to The Big Gundown; and A Bullet for the General. The Drifter with Many Names is the Man with No Name from Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy.” His aliases are based on the names used for the character in each film: Joe Limbo (Joe in A Fistful of Dollars); Lefty (Manco in For a Few Dollars More); and Rubio (Blondie in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly). Major (formerly Captain) Chadwell, Sgt. Boomerang Smith (Sgt. Jeremiah Smith), and Captain (formerly Lt.) Cole Younger are from the movie Charge! (aka Those Dirty Dogs). 

This crossover is only one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by the fine folks at Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV Episode: Lupin vs. the Mystery Man with Two Faces

 

Are you a fan of Georges Simenon's Maigret novels?

Then you'll love this episode of Lupin the 3rd which establishes that Jules Maigret and Lupin exist in the same universe!

For further details, check out my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's invaluable works Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: No Coffin for the Corpse

Magician and amateur detective the Great Merlini is producing a show featuring his fellow prestidigitator, Don Diavolo. Merlini already has multiple links to the CU. Don Diavolo, aka the Scarlet Wizard, another magician featured in his own series by Rawson, is himself in through Philip José Farmer’s book Greatheart Silver.

This crossover, and many, many others, will covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two volumes, this latest entry is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!
 

Crossover Movie Poster: The Big Lebowski

 

Are you a fan of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen?

Then you'll love this one, which has a nod to another of their films, Barton Fink!

For more information, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, it is an AUTHORIZED companion to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert!

Crossover Cover: Wonder Woman '77 Meets the Bionic Woman

 

Jaime Sommers and Wonder Woman battle an alliance of both ladies’ old foes that invades Paradise Island. Steve Austin appears in flashback. 

This crossover is one of hundreds found in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two books, this one is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Maker of Shadows

 

Are you a fan of Robert E. Howard's fiction?

Then you'll love this novel, in which Jack Mann's occult detective Gees encounters an immortal sorcerer who is the son of Howard's Pictish king Bran Mak Morn!

For more information, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! As with the first two volumes, this new tome is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's seminal works Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Too Much Time

 

The time traveler Waverider views the future of the members of Justice League International’s European branch to determine whether one of them will become Monarch, the tyrant that rules over his native year of 2001. Said future involves a mishap sending them to various time periods, past and future, where they meet DC heroes of those eras. The armored Russian hero Rocket Red (Dmitri Pushkin) finds himself in Arthurian England, where he joins the Knights of the Round Table. Dmitri toasts one of his fellow knights, “To you, my friend! Is good Russian name, Ivan! But from where do you get this Chinese last name, ‘Ho’?” The Elongated Man winds up in 1895 London, where Professor Moriarty becomes entangled in his malleable body. Later, he attends a party, where an irate Sherlock Holmes accuses him of sheer luck in capturing his archenemy. With very rare exceptions, superhero teams such as Justice League Europe are not included in the Crossover Universe. Further cementing this story outside CU continuity is the fact it is part of a company-wide crossover event called Armageddon 2001. Lastly, Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe takes place during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, not King Arthur.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover of the Week

Spring 2011
STILETTO 
Myfanwy Thomas must broker a merger between her group, the Chequy, a British organization that combats supernatural menaces, and their foes the Grafters, formerly known as the Broederschap. Appearing or mentioned are a student from the University of Ingolstadt who created a monster, Noble’s Island, Yalding Towers, Ryhope Wood, the Deptford Power Station, Kirrin Island, Podsnap’s Technique, a drunk individual muttering about a beekeeper and the dynamics of rocks in space, Walmington-on-Sea, and Brünnhilde Trant-Erskine-Brown. 
Novel by Daniel O’Malley, Little, Brown and Company, 2016. The University of Ingolstadt student is Victor Frankenstein. O’Malley’s account of Victor and his monster’s deaths is inconsistent with Shelley’s novel, not to mention the monster’s many later appearances in the CU, but with the passing of a couple of centuries, it’s not impossible some information got garbled. Noble’s Island is the titular setting of H. G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau. Yalding Towers is from Edith Nesbit’s The Enchanted Castle. Ryhope Wood is from the Mythago Wood series by Robert Holdstock. The Deptford Power Station is from the Deptford Mice series by Robin Jarvis. Kirrin Island is from the Famous Five novels by Enid Blyton. Podsnap’s Technique is from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, making that novel a possible future for the CU. The drunk individual muttering about a beekeeper and the dynamics of rocks in space is Professor Moriarty. Walmington-on-Sea is from the British sitcom Dad’s Army. Brünnhilde Trant-Erskine-Brown must be the third child of Claude Erskine-Brown and his wife, the former Phyllida Trant, both QCs themselves, from the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey. Claude is a Wagner fan, and his and Phyllida’s two children in the show are named Tristan and Isolde. 

This crossover writeup is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, it is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Victory Harben: Fires of Halos

Are you a fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs' works?

Then you'll love this novel, the culmination of the Swords of Eternity Super-Arc running through the first wave of new Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novels published by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.! Written by Christopher Paul Carey, ERB, Inc.'s Director of Publishing, author of the official continuations of Philip Jose Farmer's Ancient Opar novels, and a good friend of mine, this book spans all of time and space, with many familiar characters from different Burroughs works appearing or being mentioned along the way!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Blind Man's Bluff

 

Seven of Nine introduces Soleta to the Doctor, Voyager’s former Emergency Medical Hologram. Soleta responds, “The Doctor? I met a man called the Doctor once. Wore a long brown coat and a blue suit. Very odd person. This isn’t him.” The man Soleta met is the Doctor of Doctor Who fame, specifically his tenth incarnation. Although most of the Doctor’s recorded exploits take place in an AU, he does have a CU counterpart, who often goes by the name Doctor Omega. 

This crossover, and many more, will be included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World, which will be published by Meteor House! Like the other two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Movie Poster: Tequila

Are you a Spaghetti Western fan?

Then you may like this comedic entry in the genre, which references the Lone Ranger as a real person!

For more details, see my forthcoming book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!
 

Crossover Cover: The Pirate's Festival

Two-fisted sailor Lance O’Casey duels with female pirate Singapore Sal, who also battled Don Winslow several times in Fawcett’s comic book based on Lt. Commander Frank V. Martinek’s comic strip Don Winslow of the Navy. Don Winslow and Lance O’Casey have both been linked to the CU and their encounters with Sal confirm their coexistence. Lance battled Sal again two issues later in a story entitled “The Stolen Starfish.” 

This crossover, and many, many more, are covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by the fine folks at Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV Episode: Revelations

 

Are you a Ghostbusters fan?

Then you'll love this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which features a fictional book from that film!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, this tome is an official and AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Covers: Batman '66 Meets Steed and Mrs. Peel

Batman and Robin join forces with John Steed and Emma Peel to battle the Cybernauts, Mr. Freeze, and Lord Ffogg. Batman says, “As a noted crime-fighting predecessor once observed, ‘the weeds of crime bear bitter fruit!’” Batman’s crime-fighting predecessor is the pulp hero of the shadows. The Batman and Robin seen here are Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne, Jr.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2, and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover of the Week

December 25, 2003
DR. DOA 
Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf go after the assassin known as Dr. DOA, who has poisoned Eddie. Appearing or mentioned are: the Wood Between the Worlds; Strangefellows bar, in the Nightside; the Walking Man; the Adventurers Club; Shadows Fall; the Unholy Grail; Baron Frankenstein; Castle Frankenstein; Dead Boy; Larry Oblivion; the Ghost Finders; tanna leaf; a woman with something moving inside her back; a woman smoking a cigarette through a hole in her throat; Cthulhu; Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar; Black Heir; Persecution Psmith; the Necronomicon; the Book of Eibon; the Mysteries of the Wurm; Harry Fabulous; Dorian Gray; Martian red weed; MI Thirteen; a Maltese falcon; the Organization; the Hydra’s teeth; and Hadleigh Oblivion. 
Novel by Simon R. Green. The Wood Between the Worlds is from C. S. Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew. Strangefellows bar, the Walking Man, the Adventurers Club, the Unholy Grail, Dead Boy, Larry and Hadleigh Oblivion, and Harry Fabulous are from Green’s Nightside series. Shadows Fall is from Green’s novel of the same name. Baron Frankenstein and Castle Frankenstein are from Mary Shelley’s novel. The Ghost Finders are the subject of another series of novels by Green. Tanna leaves are from Universal Studios’ Mummy film series. The woman with something moving inside her back is Karen Tandy from Graham Masterson’s novel The Manitou. The thing inside her back is Misquamacus, originally from August Derleth’s The Lurker at the Threshold. The woman smoking through a hole in her throat may be Juno from the movie Beetlejuice. Cthulhu, shoggoths, the Necronomicon, the Book of Eibon and the Mysteries of the Wurm are from the Cthulhu Mythos. Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar is from Neil Gaiman’s story of the same name. Black Heir and the Organization are from Green’s Ishmael Jones Mysteries series. Persecution Psmith, an immortal Puritan adventurer, is a thinly veiled version of Robert E. Howard’s Puritan hero Solomon Kane. Matthew Baugh also portrayed Kane as long-lived in his story “The Heart of the Moon.” Dorian Gray is from Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. Martian red weed is from H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. MI Thirteen is the CU version of the British intelligence organization of the same name in the Marvel Comics Universe. The Maltese Falcon is from Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel. The Hydra’s teeth are from the movie Jason and The Argonauts. 
This write-up is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Audiobook: Terminus

 

Are you a fan of Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger series?

Then you'll love this audiobook, part of Peter Clines' Threshold series, which has a nod to a character from the Ledger books!
For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Movie Poster: Hanukkah

 

Rabbi Walter Paisley appears. Paisley is played by Dick Miller, who originated the character in A Bucket of Blood and reprised the role in several later films. In the original film, Walter seemingly committed suicide rather than be arrested for the murders he committed, but this must have been staged. Walter’s fugitive status would explain his frequent job changes. 

This film is one of hundreds of crossovers covered in my forthcoming book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! As with the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV Series: Penny Dreadful

 

Are you a fan of classic monsters such as Dracula and Frankenstein's monster?

Then you may enjoy the TV series Penny Dreadful, featuring versions of those and other iconic characters in Victorian London!

For more details, see the appendix on alternate universes in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an official and fully AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Nailbiter/Hack/Slash

 

Cassie Hack and Vlad are searching for a homicidal maniac called Mister Fatal. They meet Edward Charles Warren, who tells Cassie he and the killer are from Buckaroo, Oregon, a town which has produced fifteen serial murderers and counting. Mister Fatal seemingly falls to his death from a Ferris wheel, but no corpse is found. After Cassie and Vlad leave, Warren plans to murder Mister Fatal, who is in the trunk of his car. A few years later, Cassie receives an e-mail from Warren, who says her mother, the slasher known as the Lunch Lady, was from Buckaroo. Warren has lured her and Vlad there to be taken out by another serial killer. After they eliminate their opponent, the duo trail Warren to Riverside, California, only to find him being arrested for the so-called “Nailbiter murders.” 

Cassie Hack and Vlad of Hack/Slash fame have many ties to the CU. This crossover brings in Edward Charles Warren, the protagonist of Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson’s comic Nailbiter. An editor’s note places the latter half of this story before Hack/Slash: The Series #12.

For more crossovers like this, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, coming ASAP from Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert!

Crossover Cover: The Monster on Hold

 

Are you a fan of the late great science fiction Grandmaster Philip Jose Farmer?

Then you'll love this novel, a posthumous collaboration between Farmer and Win Scott Eckert, and the fourth book in the Secrets of the Nine series, which takes place in both the Nine Universe and the Crossover Universe!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded:  A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be released by Meteor House! All three books are AUTHORIZED companions to Win's invaluable pieces of research Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover TV Episode: Degüello

 

In this episode of Endeavour set in Mid October 1969, Oxford don Dr. Nicholson tells Chief Inspector Fred Thursday he is writing a paper on Edwardian erotica. Thursday replies he’s more of a Holly Martins man himself. Western writer Holly Martins is the protagonist of the movie The Third Man. 

This crossover is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert!

Crossover of the Week

April 17, 1922

THE COVENTRY STREET TERROR 

Charles St. Cyprian and his assistant Ebe Gallowglass are called in by Special Branch to investigate a series of apparent vampire attacks. Inspector Boothroyd thinks it might be poison, “like that business in Brichester last year.” Vampires are, save for that brief, unpleasant incident during Victoria’s reign so inventively described in Stoker’s book, mostly extinct in England. St. Cyprian says maybe Thibaut de Castries was right when he said, in Megapolisomancy: A New Science of Cities, that cities were the new dark forest of man’s fear. St. Cyprian considered placing a call to the Westenra Fund but decided against it. Edwin Drood helped the fund’s founding members kill a frisky Wallachian. The head of the fund is Lord Godalming. St. Cyprian tells Gallowglass, “Trout isn’t the most imaginative sort, but he and Cuff know the score. They were involved in that Myrdstone business, a few years back.” They are helped against the vampire by Baron Palman Vordenburg, who mentions a certain theater in the Boulevard du Temple where the undead congregate at times. He identifies the vampire as Lothar Karnstein, who was the lover of Countess Dolingen of Graz. St. Cyprian tells Trout and Cuff that Lothar is not exactly Raffles, running about in disguise. 

Short story by Josh Reynolds in Casefiles of the Royal Occultist Volume Two: Hochmuller’s Hound, 18thWall Productions, 2020. Brichester is a town in the Severn Valley in Ramsey Campbell’s Cthulhu Mythos stories. The brief, unpleasant incident during Victoria’s reign is a reference to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The Westenra Fund is named after the late Lucy Westenra, who was turned into a vampire by Dracula and subsequently staked by Van Helsing and company, including her fiancé, Arthur Holmwood, Lord Godalming. Countess Dolingen of Graz is from Stoker’s “Dracula’s Guest.” Thibaut de Castries and his book Megapolisomancy: A New Science of Cities are from Fritz Leiber’s novel Our Lady of Darkness. Edwin Drood is from Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Inspector Trout is from the movies The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Cuff may be a descendant of Sergeant Cuff from Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone. “The Myrdstone witch-cult” is mentioned in Lin Carter’s Anton Zarnak story “Curse of the Black Pharaoh.” Baron Palman Vordenburg is a descendant of Baron Vordenburg from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla.” The Karnsteins are Carmilla’s family. The theater in the Boulevard du Temple is the Théâtre des Vampires from Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. A. J. Raffles needs no introduction now. 

For many more crossover writeups like this, check out my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Mr. American

 

Are you a fan of George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman novels?

Then you'll love this standalone novel by Fraser, which has a prominent appearance by Harry Flashman himself!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House. All three volumes are official and AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Movie Poster: The Lady Vanishes

Among the other passengers on the train from which governess Miss Froy disappears are cricketing enthusiasts Charters and Caldicott. This 1938 feature film directed by Alfred Hitchcock is in the CU through Stuart Shiffman’s story “Grim Days.” Charters and Caldicott were played by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, who reprised their roles in three more films, Night Train to Munich, Crook’s Tour, and Millions Like Us. 

This crossover is one among hundreds that will be included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Cover: Crimson Shore

 

Are you a fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Aloysius Pendergast series?

Then you'll love this book in the series, which has an appearance by H. P. Lovecraft's infamous book, the Necronomicon!

For more details, see my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an official and AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's amazing tomes Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Cover: Strange Magic

Occult investigator Quincey Morris and white witch Libby Chastain find themselves up against an attempt by the CIA to use demons as weapons in the War on Terror. The agency is trying to recreate an experiment in Fairfax, Virginia in 2002 that summoned the demon Asmodeus, with disastrous results. Quincey tells Libby about an occult detective named William Sebastian who had a run-in with Asmodeus in the 1970s. Quincey Morris is the great-grandson of the character of the same name in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The Fairfax experiment was the subject of Gustainis’ non-series novel The Hades Project. William Sebastian is from the 1977 television pilot Spectre, co-written and produced by Gene Roddenberry.

This crossover, and hundreds more like it, will be covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! Much like the first two volumes, this book is an official and AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!