The Scarlet Shadow (short story)

The Scarlet Shadow was the tenth story in the anthology Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus. It was written by Stewart Sheargold.

Summary
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Characters

 * Iris Wildthyme
 * Panda
 * Archduke of Autumn
 * Bogdan
 * Marlene Dietrich
 * Madame Sokorovska
 * Gemima Smythe
 * Vasilisa

Worldbuilding

 * In the 1970s, Iris discovered a plot by vegetables to take over the world by removing government figures from power.
 * Iris had once met an old flame in Russia in a previous body.
 * Bogdan drinks vodka.
 * Iris drinks gin and tonic.
 * The the Catrovalva is Gemima's time capsule.
 * Gemima has been to Florana.

Continuity

 * Iris mentions the Scarlet Empress of Hyspero, (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress) and Icarus the boy blue angel. (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
 * Iris recalls the time who lived in a clock tried to steal her body. (TV: The Keeper of Traken) Iris mentions that the man once went by the name Koschei. (PROSE: The Dark Path)