Michael Drake 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.
Notes[]
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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.