Crossover TV Episode: The House on Willis Avenue

Jim Rockford teams up with young P.I. Richie Brockelman to find out whether the death of a fellow shamus was an accident or murder. Rockford is already in the CU through connections to Philip Marlowe and Carl Kolchak. Richie Brockelman first appeared in the 1976 TV movie Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours. After this episode, Richie began appearing in his own series, entitled Richie Brockelman, Private Eye. After that series ended, Richie met Jim again in a two-part episode of The Rockford Files called “Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man’s Job.”

Crossover Covers: Bumped

Hey, like Tim Seeley's comic book Hack/Slash?

Then you'll love this crossover where Cassie and Vlad duel with Edgar Dill from Mark Kidwell's BUMP!

For a full write-up of this story, check out my books Crossovers Expanded Vols. 1 and 2. AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Vols. 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert, both volumes will debut at Meteor House's booth at PulpFest/FarmerCon in July!

Crossover Cover: The Bronze Eagle

The Comte de Cambray and his family were rescued from the guillotine by the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The references to the Scarlet Pimpernel bring this standalone novel by Baroness Orczy, which begins with Napoleon’s return from exile and ends on the date of the Battle of Waterloo, into the CU.

Crossover Cover: The Waters of Death

Hey, like Doctor Who?

Then you'll love this Sherlock Holmes story that ties in to the serial "Terror of the Zygons," as well as featuring ancestors of some of the Doctor's allies in UNIT!

All the details can be found in Crossovers Expanded Vols. 1 and 2. AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Vols. 1 and 2, both books, my first published works, will be available from Meteor House next month!

Crossover Movie Poster: Hollywood Boulevard

Talent agent Walter Paisley appears in this film about sleazy movie studio Miracle Pictures. Paisley is played by Dick Miller, who earlier played a busboy turned murderous sculptor of that name in Roger Corman’s 1959 film A Bucket of Blood. Walter apparently committed suicide at the end of A Bucket of Blood, but given this and other film appearances by Miller as Walter Paisley, it seems obvious he must have staged his own death. One of those films is The Howling, where he was the owner of an occult bookstore. Since The Howling takes place in the CU, so too do Walter Paisley’s other appearances. Given that he has a different occupation every time he appears, Walter’s fugitive status likely requires him to change jobs frequently.

Crossover Cover: Merry John Mock

Hey, like William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki stories?

Then you'll love this story by Josh Reynolds featuring Carnacki's former apprentice and successor as Royal Occultist, Charles St. Cyprian, that also has crossover ties to the Jeeves and Wooster series, among others!

All the details can be found in Crossovers Expanded Vols. 1 and 2, my AUTHORIZED companions to Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Vols. 1 and 2 by Win Scott Eckert, debuting at the Meteor House booth at PulpFest/FarmerCon in Columbus, OH on July 21-24!