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Turgenev

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

About Me

It was a cold day in hell. The rain slammed into me with the fury of an angered lover. I pulled my hat down to shield my eyes, but it didn't help much. Why am I stuck out in the rain? I'm a Shamus, a Private Dick. The name is Deacon, Jack Deacon. To make a long story short, I was promised five Cs to keep an eye on this mug. He's known as Turgenev around these parts.

That's why I'm standing in the rain with my coat's collar pulled up in a poor attempt to keep my neck dry. A complete waste of time. I was wetter than the whiskey they served at O'Hannigan's.

I get to follow this palooka around and that's what I'm doin'. So far this is what I know about this lay. The mark frequents these establishments the most often...

The Cliffhanger Case Files is home to original fiction based on, or inspired by, the classic Serials, Pulp Novels, Old Time Radio, and Film Noir of yesteryear. All new stories done in the style of your favorite pulp writers.


Various free custom MySpace Contact Boxes that I've made. People are free to use them as they wish but please DO NOT link directly to the images (ie hot-linking). Enjoy. :)


Be prepared to read various original tales of adventure, action, and suspense... tales that only the DC Universe can offer!

The rain had finally stopped. It looks like this cat is on the move again. I best be goin'. Don't worry, I'll report back with more or my name isn't Jack Deacon.

My Interests

Writing Fiction
Archaeology
Meso-American History
"The Roarin' Twenties"
The 1930s
The 1940s
WWII Aircraft
Astronomy
The Classics
Palaeontology
Burlesque
Jazz
Vaudeville
Pin-Ups
Edward Gorey
Frank Frazetta
Art Deco
Japanese History/Culture
Indian Cuisine (mmmmmm curry...)
Thai Cuisine
Chinese Cuisine
Cooking (especially the above mentioned cuisine)
Canada
Occult Folkore
Golden Age Comic Books
Silver Age Comic Books
Bronze Age Comic Books

I'd like to meet:


Cleopatra Jones here, baby. I told my man, Deacon, to take a breather while I kept an eye on this Turgenev cat.

In the meantime, let's have some music. Right on! Chill be cool and feel tha' Funk. Can you dig?

[Click on a Song to Start]

Music:


Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Dave Brubeck
Count Basie
Stan Getz
Gene Krupa
Louis Armstrong
Anita O'Day
Artie Shaw
Benny Goodman
Annette Hanshaw
Cab Calloway
Louis Jordan
Lil Green
Erykah Badu
Fats Waller
Robert Johnson
Louis Prima
Chick Webb
Frank Sinatra
The Peanuts
Datetenryu
The Alfee
Johnny Clegg
Tower of Power
Bob Marley
Curtis Mayfield
Maceo Parker
The Inbreds
Eric's Trip
The Cramps
Sonic Youth
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Velvet Underground
Pavement
Superchunk
The Orb
Future Sound of London
Tristan Psionic
The Breeders
Throwing Muses
Intastella
Deelite
Moloko
The Clash
Medeski Martin and Wood
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Tom Waits
Eat Static
Madness
The Specials
Portishead
Eric's Trip
Cream
Barry Gray
Pink Floyd
Warren Zevon
Vivaldi
Puccini
Holst
Wagner
Mozart

Movies:

Las Superamigas contra el Profesor Vinilo
King Kong
Our Gang (Little Rascals)
Casablanca
The Thin Man series
Lady of Burlesque: The G-String Murders
The Topper Series
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Maltese Falcon
The Marx Brothers
Horse Feathers
Duck Soup
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
Harvey
The Bells of St. Mary's
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Mark of Zorro
Captain Blood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Robin and the 7 Hoods
To Have and Have Not
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Serials
Flash Gordon
The Adventures of Captain Marvel
Zorro's Fighting Legion
The Phantom Empire
Undersea Kingdom
20 Million Miles to Earth
House on Haunted Hill
Night of the Living Dead
Shaun of the Dead
It Came from Beneath the Sea
The Valley of Gwangi
Shaft
A Clockwork Orange
Death Race 2000
The Three Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Eagle Has Landed
Dr. No
Planet of the Apes
Black Belt Jones
Quatermass and the Pit
Island of Terror
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Island of Lost Souls
Logan's Run
Cleopatra Jones
Hong Kong Cinema
The Shaw Brothers
John Woo
Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan
Project A
Project A II
Police Story 3 (Supercop)
City Hunter
Stephen Chow
Shaolin Soccer
Kung Fu Hustle
Bruce Lee
Japanese cinema
Akira Kurosawa
The Seven Samurai
The Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Kagemusha
Ran
Hayao Miyazaki
The Castle of Cagliostro
Laputa - Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Kaiju
Godzilla
Mothra
Mothra vs Godzilla
Rodan
Sergio Leone
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Television:

Doctor Who (Original and New Series)
Class of the Titans
Hustle
The Good Life
House
Corner Gas
The Munsters
Have Gun - Will Travel
Johnny Quest
Gatchaman
Rawhide
Hogan's Heroes
Justice League Unlimited
Superfriends
The Avengers
Danger Man
The Prisoner
Megas XLR
Blackadder
Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon
Scooby Doo
The Saint
Get Smart
Forest Rangers
The Littlest Hobo
Batman (60s tv)
Batman: The Animated Series
Open All Hours
Red Green Show
Dad's Army
Are You Being Served?
All Creatures Great and Small
Jeeves and Wooster
Rumpole of the Bailey
Samurai Jack
Dexter's Laboratory
Martin Mystery
Coupling
Spider-Man (60s Cartoon)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Lupin III
Duckman
Macross Saga
Bubblegum Crisis
Looney Tunes
Robin of Sherwood

Books:

Fav authors include...
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Dashiell Hammett
Robert A Heinlein
H Beam Piper
JRR Tolkien
HG Wells
HP Lovecraft
Alexandre Dumas
John Mortimer
Rex Stout
Homer
Arthur Conan Doyle
James Herriot
William F Nolan
Agatha Christie
Ian Fleming
Kenneth Robeson
Roger Zelazny
A Bertram Chandler
Ambrose Bierce
Clifford D Simak
Stephen Tall
Richard Adams
Enid Blyton
Umberto Eco
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ivan Turgenev

Heroes:

Fictional Heroes include...
The Doctor (Who? All of them of course!)
Sherlock Holmes
Doc Savage
The Spirit
Sam Spade
Gojira!

Real Life Heroes include...
Groucho Marx (who had a HUGE impact on my own sense of humour)
Humphrey Bogart
James Stewart
Bruce Lee
Peter Gzowski
Jack Kirby
Will Eisner
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
The Love of my Life (she knows who she is)

My Blog

DC LEGENDS UPDATE 10.29.2007

New at DC LEGENDS...Mon-El Issue No.18"We Now Return You to Our Story, Already in Progress"By Derrick FergusonSeries Page: http://paratime.ca/dclegends/monel.htmlReturn to the planet Helicon in the 41...
Posted by Turgenev on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:47:00 PST

Custom Contact Tables Update

New at the Custom MySpace Contact Box Website:70 New Star Wars Contact Boxes46 Fantasy (Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon) Contact Boxes32 Anime (Robotech) Contact Boxes46 DC Comics (Mister Miracle & Friends...
Posted by Turgenev on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:37:00 PST

Take the Creationist Museum Tour on Flickr

Save your money (and probably your sanity) and check out this virtual tour:Creationist Museum, Kentucky 2007I don't know which is sadder... that such a monument to ignorance exists or that a similar m...
Posted by Turgenev on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:52:00 PST

[Go West] Chico at the Piano Video Clip

[Go West] Chico at the Piano Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Turgenev on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:28:00 PST

[SC] Gatchaman Episode 04: For Revenge On The Monster Mechadegon

I'm posting this for a... 'friend'. Let's just say that I don't want Galactor on my case. *grin* These screen captures and more can be found at:To Be Continued at:Matane,Berg Katse-sama!...
Posted by Turgenev on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:55:00 PST

DALEKS OF BRIXTON - Song Parody

DALEKS OF BRIXTONWhen they disintegrate your front doorHow you gonna come?With your hands on your headOr on the trigger of your gunWhen the Daleks break inHow you gonna go?Shot down on the pavementO...
Posted by Turgenev on Sat, 05 May 2007 11:35:00 PST

New Contact Boxes! All New Series Three Doctor Who

I've updated my Doctor Who Contact Box page with 40 new Series Three Contact Boxes. They can be found here: http://paratime.ca/drwho_contactboxes2.html Instructions on Use: http://paratime.ca/myspace...
Posted by Turgenev on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:01:00 PST

The DC LEGENDS Fanfic Project: 04/02/2007 Update.

New at DC LEGENDS:http://paratime.ca/dclegends/JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #7"In the Time of the Pharaohs..."By Travis Hiltzhttp://paratime.ca/dclegends/jsa_dcl07.htmlSeries Page: http://paratime.ca/dc...
Posted by Turgenev on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:35:00 PST

[JRock] Ringo Shiina - Kabukimachi no Jo-oo (Queen of Kabukitown)

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Posted by Turgenev on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:30:00 PST

[JPop] MISIA - BELIEVE

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Posted by Turgenev on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:35:00 PST