Crossover of the Week

Early Autumn 1926 

A WHISPER OF SOFT WINGS 

Noticing parallels between his current case and a previous affair, Charles St. Cyprian asks Inspector Moxley if he was acquainted with Inspector Quennell. Not long after solving that case, Quennell turned over his notes to St. Cyprian’s predecessor, Carnacki. Quennell’s main suspect was Dr. Mallinger. The Voyagers Club resides on Dover Street, alongside others of its ilk, such as the Albermarle, the Drones, and the Diogenes. The late Geoffrey Botkin was one of the few who has been to Maple White Land, a few years after the Challenger expedition, with Lord John Roxton in 1913. According to a newspaperman named Malone, Botkin was almost eaten by a giant spider. The Voyagers’ bar has a bust of Quatermain over the door. St. Cyprian discusses an alchemist and member of the Order of the Cosmic Ram who engaged in experiments like Mallinger’s with another member of the Order, who also belongs to the Bollinger Club. St. Cyprian’s friend Bertie lives on Berkley Street. 

Short story by Josh Reynolds on the website Curious Fictions. Inspector Quennell and Dr. Carl Mallinger are from the movie The Blood Beast Terror. Thomas Carnacki is from William Hope Hodgson’s Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder. The Drones Club is from the works of P. G. Wodehouse. Bertie is Bertie Wooster. The Diogenes Club is from Doyle and Watson’s Sherlock Holmes stories. Maple White Land, Professor George Edward Challenger, Lord John Roxton, and Edward D. Malone are from Doyle’s The Lost World. Allan Quatermain is from H. Rider Haggard’s novels and stories. The Bollinger Club is from Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall. 

This crossover writeup is one of over a thousand included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, coming this summer from 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: Confection

 

In this episode of Endeavour set in mid September 1969, King's Abbot and Pigstanton are mentioned. King's Abbot is from Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, while Pigstanton is from Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust.

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 the cool cats at Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2 by my good friend Win Scott Eckert!

Crossover Cover: Jeeves and the Leap of Faith

 

Are you a fan of P. G. Wodehouse's comic novels featuring Bertie Wooster and his valet Reginald Jeeves?

Then you'll love this new authorized novel featuring the duo that has references to two of Evelyn Waugh's novels, as well as P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books!

All the details can be found in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published in the not-too-distant future 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: A Handful of Dust

Mrs. Beaver tells her son she is lunching at Viola Chasm’s. Lady Metroland telephones Mrs. Beaver about putting up a new bathroom ceiling. Brenda Last’s sister and brother-in-law travel aboard Lord Monomark’s yacht, while her mother visits Lady Anchorage’s chalet. Viola Chasm and Lady Anchorage previously appeared in Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies. Lady Metroland appears in a number of Waugh’s books and stories. Lord Monomark appeared prior to this in Vile Bodies and Black Mischief.

Crossover Cover: Work Suspended

It is mentioned Lady Metroland once attended a showing of John Plant’s father’s art. At the same party, Mrs. Algernon Stitch bought a painting for 500 guineas. Plant is friends with Basil Seal. Lord Monomark is mentioned. Lady Metroland is a recurring character in Waugh’s books and stories. Mrs. Algernon Stitch is from Scoop. Basil Seal is the protagonist of Waugh’s novels Black Mischief and Put Out More Flags. Lord Monomark previously appeared in Vile Bodies and Black Mischief, and was mentioned in A Handful of Dust.

Crossover Cover: Put Out More Flags

The further adventures of Basil Seal during World War II. Basil visits Alastair and Sonia Trumpington. Peter Pastmaster rejoins the Household Cavalry. Sonia tells Basil Margot Metroland says the last war was absolute heaven. Basil was once leader writer for The Daily Beast, and also served in the personal entourage of Lord Monomark. Pappenhacker of the Hearst press is mentioned as having been informed of a Polish submarine that is said to have arrived at Scapa. Angela Lyne had her home decorated by David Lennox just before the war. It is said of Angela’s public drunkenness it would scarcely have been more surprising had it been Mrs. Stitch herself. Lady Anchorage is present at Peter’s marriage to Lady Granchester’s daughter. Angela describes her father’s friends as men like Metroland and Copper. Ambrose Silk’s literary journal is published by the firm of Rampole and Bentley. In the late 1920s, Ambrose and his friends Hat and Malpractice issued the invitation to a party in the form of a manifesto. Basil Seal first appeared in Waugh’s Black Mischief, and several characters from that novel reappear here. Basil also appeared in the unfinished novel Work Suspended. Alastair Trumpington first appeared in Decline and Fall, while his wife Sonia debuted in Black Mischief. Alastair also appears in the story “Out of Depth.” Peter Pastmaster previously appeared in Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, and Black Mischief. Peter’s mother Margot Metroland also made her first appearance in Decline and Fall, and went on to appear in many of Waugh’s other interconnected books and stories. Lord Metroland, her husband, is the Metroland mentioned as a friend of Angela’s father. Lord Monomark previously appeared in Vile Bodies and Black Mischief, and was mentioned in A Handful of Dust and Work Suspended. The Daily Beast, its publisher Lord Copper, Pappenhacker, and Mrs. Stitch are from Scoop. David Lennox appeared in Decline and Fall, and was mentioned in Vile Bodies. Miles Malpractice appeared in both of the aforementioned novels. Lady Anchorage appeared in Vile Bodies and was mentioned in A Handful of Dust. Mr. Rampole first appeared in Vile Bodies.

Crossover Cover: Something Nasty in the Woodshed

In a previous post, I covered Don't Point That Thing at Me, the first novel in Kyril Bonfiglioli's Charlie Mortdecai series. In the second novel, Charlie visits his old tutor, John Dryden, at Scone College, and encounters Bronwen Fellworthy for the first time. A Miss H. Glossop appears. Scone College is from Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall. Miss Glossop may be a relative of Honoria Glossop from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories.

Crossover Covers: Brideshead Revisited

As those who've read Win's original volumes know, Evelyn Waugh's novel Decline and Fall takes place in the CU. Many of Waugh's novels and stories are connected by recurring characters, and therefore I have written them up for the new volumes, including this one. Sebastian Flyte visits a nightclub on Sink Street called the Old Hundredth. The Anchorage, Chasm, and Vanbrugh families do not attend Rex Mottram’s wedding to Lady Julia Flyte. “Sammy” Samgrass gets a job at The Daily Beast, working for Lord Copper. A woman named Margot holds a luncheon party for Charles Ryder’s exhibition upon his return from South America. The Old Hundredth first appeared in Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. Lady Anchorage and Lady Chasm appear or are mentioned in several works by Waugh, beginning with Vile Bodies. Lady Vanbrugh is from Waugh’s first novel, Decline and Fall. The Daily Beast and its publisher, Lord Copper, are from Scoop. Margot is Margot Metroland, a recurring character in Waugh’s fiction beginning with Decline and Fall.