Characters

This pages lists stories (and occasionally poems) by DJ Tyrer that feature recurring characters or are linked thematically. (It shouldn't need saying, but just in case, of these, Sherlock Holmes was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Yellow Mythos is derived from ideas created by Ambrose Bierce and RW Chambers, and the Cthulhu Mythos is derived from ideas created by HP Lovecraft. The others are all solely creations of DJ Tyrer)

Thematic

• Yellow Mythos fiction can be found here.
• Black & Red Mythos fiction and poetry can be found here.
• Roseate Mythos fiction can be found here.
• Details of stories and poems set in the Breedon District can be found here.

Recurring Characters

If a publication is listed and no link is provided, the publication is out of print. Full publication details can be found on the relevant pages on this site.

Numbered lists show stories in the order they happen. If unnumbered, stories are listed alphabetically.

The following characters are listed in the following order:

• Sherlock Holmes
• Camille Castaigne
• Olbur of Rokol
• Ini-ndoga
• Esdrell and N'Kaz
• Nyssa of Abanos
• Maskalin Vaz
• Meni of Kirim
• James Halloran
• Amoral Detective Agency
• Sir Blodry
• Michael Davenport-Rowndes
• Letitia, Doc and Hopper
• Cara Hinton (Flash)
• Paul Starling
• Harry (Psychic Investigator)
• Captain Hawkstone
• Cap'n Kong
• McCarron's Road Cavalry
• The Tartan Mask
• Theo and Zane (Miskatonic University)

Sherlock Holmes

Traditional Continuity

• A Case of Misdirection (Steel True, Blade Straight, 2022)
• A Generous Helping of Deceit (unpublished)
• A Question of Innocence (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part XXXI: 2022 Annual (1875-1887), 2022)
• A State of Apoplexy (Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson Medical Mysteries Volume I, 2022)
• Holmes's Biggest Case (Steel True, Blade Straight, 2022)
• The Case of the Crusader's Cross (MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, Part XXIV: The Untold Cases of Holmes and Watson, 2020)
• The Figure in the Fog (forthcoming)
• The Japanese Village Mystery (Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1885, 2023)
• The Key in the Snuffbox (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVI: 2021 Annual, 2021)
• The Locked-Room Mystery (The Early Adventures of Holmes and Watson Volume II, 2019)
• The Mulberry Frock Coat Mystery (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, Part XLII: Further Untold Cases, 2023)
• The Mummy's Curse (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXI, 2020)
• The Mystery of the Vengeful Bride (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIV: However Improbable (1878-1888))
• The Peculiar Case of the Toad in the Hole (unpublished)
• The Purloined Present (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXX: 2012 More Christmas Adventures, 2021)
• The Sandwich Murder (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXVII: 2023 Annual (1875-1889))
• The Secret of the Stolen Samovar (Steel True, Blade Straight Annual 2023, 2023)

Yellow Mythos Continuity

• A Yellow Thread (Awesome Tales no. 7, February 2018)
• The Case of the Chromatic Curiosity (Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives vol. 4, 2022)
• The Case of the Yellow Sign (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.P. Lovecraft: Volume 1, 2023)

Cthulhu Mythos Continuity

• Black Fire (unpublished)

Second Trafalgar Continuity

• A Study in Deceit [published as Second Trafalgar] (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures Through the Multiverse Volume II, 2022)

Poems

• The Sword (Steel True, Blade Straight, 2022)
• No Murder (Steel True, Blade Straight Annual 2023, 2023)

Camille Castaigne

Primary Timeline

• A Last Sortie (unpublished)
• Artillery and Apparitions (Disturbance, 2015)
• Duty Calls (Love 'em, Shoot 'em, 2017)
• Mortal Peril (unpublished)
• Silent Night (Dead Steam, 2018)
• Sparks & Mirrors (Steamworld, 2015)
• Sudden Stop (unpublished)
• The Sewers of Paris (Broadswords and Blasters 4, January 2018)
• Through the Darkness of the Opera House (Ghosts, Gears and Grimoires, 2017)
• Treachery on the Factory Floor (Steam Chronicles, 2015)

Sherlock Holmes Timeline

• The Case of the Chromatic Curiosity (Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives vol. 4, 2022)

Olbur of Rokol

This subdivided into two 'series' - one early in the careers of Olbur and Peltamash and one later that have yet to directly connect.

Series One

1. The Caravan From Thraa (Strange Sorcery 17, October 2015; Tigershark 22, June 2019)
2. Revolt in Rokol (Strange Sorcery 17, October 2015)
3. The Flame in the Ice (Torched, 2014; Swords Against Cthulhu II, 2017)
4. Claimed by the Ice (Strange Sorcery 18, January2016)
5. Temple of the Elder Gods (BFS Horizons 3, July 2016)
6. Unto the Basalt Tower (unpublished)
7. Sacrifice (Tigershark 19, August 2017; Swords of Adventure 2, May 2020; Strange Sorcery 36, September 2020)

Series Two

• The Curse of Ennerath (Swords of Darkness, 2016; Devil's Armory II, 2016)
• The Caverns of Khidina (Swords Against Cthulhu, 2015)

Ini-ndoga

• Death Stalks The Night (Tales From The Magician's Skull no. 7, February 2022)
• Nzara (Tales From The Magician's Skull no. 10, April 2023)
• Saviour of Dzimbambira (unpublished)
• Slaves of the Kerit (unpublished)
• The Blocker of Rivers (Journ-e 2.1, March 2023)
• The River Tokoloshe (Swords and Sorcery Magazine 146, April 2024)

Esdrell and N'Kaz

• Blood of Heaven (Borne in the Blood, 2024)
• Flames Over Esk (Swords and Sorcery Magazine, 2021)
• Into the Slave Pit (unpublished)
• Stalked by the Star Cats (unpublished)
• Under Cover of Darkness (Swords Against Cthulhu III, 2018)

Nyssa of Abanos

• Journey to Mount Argaeas (Broadswords and Blasters 12, January 2020)
• Talons of the Snatcher (Broadswords and Blasters 8, January 2019)
• The Eye of the Sun (Broadswords and Blasters 2, July 2017)

Maskalin Vaz

• The Black Crypt (unpublished)
• The Black Diamond (View From Atlantis 101, July 2024)
• The Black Ship (99 Fleeting Fantasies, February 2024)

Meni of Kirim

1. After the Moon (Shelter of Daylight III.2, May 2022)
2. Beneath the Moon (Lorelei Signal, October 2024)

James Halloran

1. The Promised Messiah (Steampunk Cthulhu, 2014)
2. The Outpost (Hypnos 7.3, Fall 2018)

Amoral Detective Agency

1. The Book of the Secrets of Bob (Grail II, 2006)
2. The Llanbadarn Caper (Monomyth 30, 2004)
3. The Doomsday Book (Monomyth 49, 2011)
4. The Hounds of Lust (Monomyth 52, 2012)
5. Incense & Insensibility (Garbaj 50, 2013)
6. A Psychotic Break (unpublished)
7. Stakeout (unpublished)
8. The Shudder Out of Time (Monomyth 52, 2012; Detectives of the Fantastic III, 2016)
9. Night of the Living Gnomes (unpublished)
10. Features of Clay (Schlock! volume 16 issue 21, 2021)
11. The Sacred & The Propane (unpublished)
12. The Last Resort (Strangely Funny VI, 2019)

Sir Blodry

Stories

1. The Birth of Blodry (unpublished)
2. The Squirety of Blodry (unpublished)
3. Sir Blodry of Britain (Awen Online 0, 2004; original Awen Online 03, 2005)
4. Sir Blodry's Battle (Garbaj 50, 2013)
5. Brave Sir Blodry (unpublished)
6. Sir Blodry's Greatest Challenge (unpublished)
7. Sir Blodry & The Beast (unpublished)
8. A Mid-Summer's Knight (unpublished)
9. In The Old Nick of Time (unpublished)
10. A Tiny Tale Told (Awen Online 03, 2005, 2009, 2012; Tigershark 13, 2017)
11. Sir Blodry & the Vanishing Victuals (unpublished)
12. Sir Blodry the Sentry (Tournament Games, 2016)
13. Sir Blodry Rides Out (Monomyth 2.8, 1999; Monomyth 16.1, 2016)
14. Sir Blodry Rides Again (unpublished)
15. Sir Blodry, Adventurous (Eeny Meeny Miney Mo, 2018)
16. Sir Blodry, Victorious (Frostfire Worlds, 2019)
17. Sir Blodry, the Hero (A Little Fantasy Everywhere, 2024)
18. Sir Blodry & The Dragon (unpublished)
19. Ye Tale of Ye Grale (Grail, 2004)
20. Sir Blodry's Final Battle (unpublished)

Poems

• Our Hero, Sir Blodry (Awen Online 12, 2014; Tigershark 22, 2019)
• Sir Blodry & The Brownie (unpublished)
• Sir Blodry versus The Raiders (unpublished)

Michael Davenport-Rowndes

• Almost There (unpublished)
• Donation (Amongst Friends, 2020)
• I'll Be Going (unpublished)
• It Has To Be Somewhere (Phenomenal Literature Volume 4 Issue 2, February 2020)
• I've Been Thinking (Phenomenal Literature Volume 8 Issue 2, August 2024)

Letitia, Doc and Hopper

• Asteroid Night (Warlords of the Asteroid Belt, 2015)
• Below Top Secret (unpublished)
• Mars Miner Mustang (Steam Chronicles, 2015)
• On The Edge (unpublished)
• Venerian Twilight (Steampunk: The Other Worlds,  2015)

Cara Hinton  (Flash)

• Electric Legacy (original: Monomyth 3.1 - 3.4, 2003; revised: unpublished)
• Electric Leverage (unpublished)
• Electric Love (Altered States, 2017)
• Electric Luck (HyphenPunk webzine, 2022; HyphenPunk issue 4, 2022)
• Electric Luminary (unpublished)

Paul Starling

• An Echo of Samhain (All Hallow's Evil, 2013)
• Beloved (Haunted Horror issue 3, December 2018)
• Preface (Mythos Fragments, 2015)
• The Witch Beneath The City (Detectives of the Fantastic IV, 2016)
• Things Can Only Get Worse (Beneath the Yellow Lights, 2024)
• Trace (Occult Detective Monster Hunter: A Grimoire of Eldritch Inquests, 2015)

Harry (Psychic Investigator)

• The Haunted House (Haunting Tales, 2008; Detectives of the Fantastic, 2015)
• Marston House (Haunting Tales, 2008; Detectives of the Fantastic II, 2015)
• The Asylum Investigation (unpublished)

Captain Hawkstone

1. At the Mermaid Tavern (Bottle of Rum, 2016)
2. Sacking Fort Holland (The Adventures of Pirates, 2015)
3. The Sting of the Schorpioen (The Black Beacon Book of Pirates, 2024)

Cap'n Kong

•  X Marks the Planet(Yarr! A Space Pirates Anthology, 2015; Space Adventures 2, February 2016)
• The Betelgeuse Reaches (Bottle of Rum, 2016)

McCarron's Road Cavalry

1. The Wild East (Sweat, Steel & Cruise Control, 2015)
2. Hack Attack (Sweat, Steel & Cruise Control II, 2018)

The Tartan Mask

1. The Fiendish Tartan Mask (Colp: A Little Bit of Nonsense, 2019)
2. The Return of the Tartan Mask (Colp: Desert/Dessert, 2023)

Theo and Zane (Miskatonic University)

1. Authorised Librarians Only (Miskatonic Dreams, 2016)
2. Outsider (Monomyth 23.3, December 2023)
3. The Spire (Hypnos 9.2, Fall 2020)