The Scarlet Shadow (short story)

The Scarlet Shadow
Main character(s):	Iris Wildthyme
Main enemy:	Archduke of Autumn
Main setting:	Russia, 18th century
Key crew
Writer:	Stewart Sheargold
Release details
Part of:	Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus
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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

References

• 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.

Notes

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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 a wicked man 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)