Michael Drake (short story)

 was the ninth story in the anthology The Perennial Miss Wildthyme. It featured the oft-mentioned Michael Drake and explained the origins of Samhain.

Summary
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Characters

 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Panda
 * First Mrs Drake
 * Kaye
 * Second Mrs Drake (the Wor Iris)
 * The Shopkeeper
 * Fifth Mrs Drake (the Jane Fonda Iris)
 * Seventh Mrs Drake

Worldbuilding

 * Michael marched with the Royalist Army to Hebden Bridge in 1643.

Continuity

 * Michael Drake's grave was previously seen in PROSE: Death of the Author and PROSE: The Opera of Samhain.
 * At the party celebrating Drake's victory, Iris makes sure to avoid Roger Daltrey. (PROSE: Right vs Left vs Wrong)
 * When Michael Drake asks if he should be worried about the War, the Shopkeeper responds, "That depends very much on your view of the afterlife". (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)
 * Michael Drake's egg reappears in PROSE: Self Possessed.