Things That Go Bump in the Night, and the Eyes Who Go After Them
Here there be monsters. And ghosts and vampires and demons and elves and fairies and zombies, woo-woo up the yin-yang and well, you get the idea. The following eyes go after some strange game. Only the settings are familiar…. sometimes. Suffice it to say that we’re not in Kansas anymore.Â
So… who ya gonna call?
- Angel by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt
- Harry Angel by William Hjortsberg
- Anita Blake by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Gus Candle by Andy Oerman
- Cardula by Jack Ritchie
- Harry Challenge by Ron Goulart
- Peter Crossman by Jim Macdonald
- Roman Dalton by Paul D. Brazill
- Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett
- John Dark by John Dark
- The Dead Boy Detectives (Charles Rowland & Edwin Paine)
- Dylan Dog by Tizano Sciavi
- Harry Dresden by Jim Butcher
- Fernlight & Bramble by P A Wilson
- Garth Frederickson by George C. Chesbro
- Robert “Mongo the Magnificient” Frederickson by George C. Chesbro
- Garrett by Glen Cook
- Holly Gibney by Stephen King
- Bixby Grant by Patrick Coyle
- Rafe Guttman by Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis
- Web Haggard by Walt Hicks
- Mike Heller by Laurie R. King (“Salaman”)
- Bill Hodges by Stephen King
- Marty Hopkirk by Dennis Spooner
- Miles Huerdeen by Bentley Little
- Ishmael Jones by Simon R. Green
- Kamus of Kadhizar by Michael J. Reaves
- Mike Kendall by Alan Ryan
- Gideon King (aka “Nightmark”) by Christopher Mills
- Carl Kolchak by Jeff Rice
- Stuart Kovacs by Sarah Weinman
- Lucius Leffing by Lucius Leffing
- Teddy London by Robert Morgan
- H.P. Lovecraft by Joseph Dougherty (Cast A Deadly Spell & Witch Hunt)
- Cal McDonald by Steve Niles
- Mongo by George C. Chesbro
- Charlie Morrel by Alex Abella
- Dean Murphy by Victor Gischler
- Kat Murphy by Michael Logan
- Nameless by Bentley Little
- Vicki Nelson by Tanya Huff
- Orville Nesbit by Jim Macdonald
- Mick Oberon by Ari Marmell
- Orient by Emma Bull
- Jack Packard, Doc Long & Reggie York (I Love a Mystery)
- Miles Paladon by Robert Randisi and Kevin D. Randle
- Edwin Paine & Charles Rowland (The Dead Boy Detectives)
- Joe Pitt by Charlie Huston
- Ethan Proctor (Black Oak Security) by Charles L. Grant
- Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson
- Richard by Joe R. Lansdale
- Matt Richter by Tim Waggoner (zombie)
- Charles Rowland & Edwin Paine (The Dead Boy Detectives)
- Scooby Doo & Mystery, Inc.
- Dan Shamble by Kevin J. Anderson (zombie)
- Dirk Slade by Bruce Golden
- Shido, The Midnight Detective
- Warren Smith by Patricia Briggs (werewolf)
- Zeke Stone by Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff (Brimstone)
- Jim Stubb by Gene Wolfe
- Nicholas Tartaglia by Phillip Tomasso
- Frank Taylor by Rick Ramage & Andrew Cosby (Haunted)
- John Taylor by Simon R. Green
- Thraxas by Martin Scott
- John Trent by Michael De Luca
- Myron Vale by Scott William Carter (Portland)
- Wildclown by G. Wells Taylor
- Del Winter by Duane Swierczynski
They See Dead People
Stories With Hints of the Supernatural
- “File 6: Beyond the Shadow” by Joe Gores
This DKA Christmas story by Joe Gores features a visti from the Ghost of Private Dicks Past. - The Dave Robicheaux novels by James Lee Burke.
- The Charlie Parker series by John Connolly.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
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List respecrfully compiled by Kevin Burton Smith.
