Look... when William Patrick Maynard, the renowned authorized continuation author of the Fu Manchu novels, has this to say... all I can say in response is that I am deeply honored and humbled. Thank you, Bill.
"She-Devil of Paris" by Win Scott Eckert brought me to this collection. It pains me to give Mr. Eckert a poor review on Amazon, but there are two glaring flaws that I cannot look past: 1.) The story is far too short. This needs to be a novel. 2.) Time and again, the quality of Mr. Eckert's prose sets the bar far too high for other continuation authors to reasonably compete. In all sincerity, this story has given me tremendous pleasure. I have read it several times over the last few days. This is a wonderful tribute to Louis Feuillade, Sax Rohmer, Pierre Benoit, and H. Rider Haggard. There may be more references, of course. As one has come to expect from the finest Wold Newtonian fiction, the easter eggs are many and the rewards for the knowledgeable reader are plentiful. Well done and thank you, many times, for capturing the feel of the source material so well.
"Shed-Devil of Paris" can be found in the anthology Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025, edited by Robert Greenberger at Crazy 8 Press, and available on Amazon.
