Author Rec: Scarlet

v  The Shadow stories (Source: Fanfic.net)

Ø  https://www.fanfiction.net/u/17483/Scarlet

Ø  The Shadow

Ø  Lamont/Margo

Here’s another of the five—in this case, a user rec.

Like several other cases, the Shadow movie was my introduction to a much more awesome source—The Shadow.  (The pulps are actually the best, by the way.)  The script for the movie was decent, but they kept undercutting what would otherwise be an enjoyable film with dumb gags that just take away from the original material.

There’s none of that here.  Scarlet manages to expand on the concepts and world hinted at within the movie while making it a really enjoyable experience.  She fixes the problems to make it a truly enjoyable version of The Shadow.  My favorites are the movie novelization (Who Knows What Evil) and one of the best murder mysteries set on a cruise I’ve ever read (The Illusion of Propriety).