![]() Some classic horror monsters appear, like werewolves and doppelgangers. Each story is based on a detailed slug of knowledge about some domain, be it voudon, Lord Byron's manuscripts, Leonardo da Vinci's youthful art, or any one of various tall tales and shafts of folklore. An innocent or not so innocent person becomes involved with an evil scheme based on a supernatural threat, and Pursuivant or Thunstone rescue them. Most of the stories follow a similar pattern. Pursuivant is a World War One veteran (76). He's also very religious, compared to John the Baptist and St. Howard character, capable of beating up monsters with his fists (228) and throwing a man "like a javelin" at a wall (326). ![]() Thunstone in particular is quite violent, more like a Robert E. ![]() Judge Pursuivant and John Thunstone are similar in many ways: physically impressive deeply learned passionate about defeating occult evil quick to organize people around them. Tales feature an investigator, professional or amateur, probing a supernatural mystery.įor this book that means two major characters, plus a one-off story with a third. If you don't know that genre, its name is nicely descriptive. ![]() Lonely Vigils collects a group of Manly Wade Wellman's occult detective stories. ![]()
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