History Literature / TheTomeOfBill

* HeroesWantRedheads: Our heroine becomes subject to this once she gains her red hair dye.

* ShoutOut: Numerous. Bill, Tom and Ed are gigantic nerds. Most prominently, [[spoiler: [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] ]] figures into Jeff's demise.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Actually, it doesn't. [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve It's all about faith]]. If a person believes whole-heartedly in the holiness of God and his symbols, then a cross would work just fine. But if they don't have enough faith, it won't do diddly. This effect can be applied to anything that a person has enough faith in, be it a cross or a ham sandwich; Tom imbues a [[spoiler:[[{{Transformers}} first generation Optimus Prime]] doll...uh...''[[InsistentTerminology collectible]]'']] with this effect. Additionally, there are the very rare people called Icons, whose faith ''in themselves'' is so great that they become a WalkingWasteland to the supernatural. Icons have a variety of unspecified powers.

The series is then continued in ''Bill of the Dead'' and ''False Icons'' that forms a pair of new series in the setting. A four volume mini-series of novellas called the ''Bill of the Dead Adventures'' was released in 2020.

The series is then continued in ''Bill of the Dead'' and ''False Icons'' that forms a pair of new series in the setting.

The books in the series are:

* TheChosenOne: Jesse is the Icon and destined to battle the Freewill. [[spoiler: Except she's not.]]
** TheUnchosenOne: [[spoiler: Jesse discovers she's a failed attempt to create a fake Icon. She reacts poorly. She does, however, get the Blessing of Uranus, though.]]
* CutenessProximity: Jesse has this reaction to the baby Sasquatch Floof.

A AffectionateParody UrbanFantasy series written by Rick Gualtieri.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is the story of Jesse Flores, who is a teenage girl who works at a comic book store [[spoiler: that people believe is another Icon.]]

* StuffedInAFridge: [[spoiler: Tony is murdered by vampires in order to cause Jesse pain. She's angry and namedrops this quote specifically.]]

** Jeff is a more typical example of the trope, acting incredibly childish and having exaggerated opinion of himself, and throwing a fit whenever he doesn't get his way.

* UnfortunateNames: Continued with the Sasquatches but played with using the Blessing of Uranus. It's a completely accurate to Greek mythology name but actually ''even worse'' once you realize the original mythology involving castration.
** Subverted with Floof a.k.a Fluffy who is an accurate name.

* ClassicalAnithero: Bill is a cowardly, weak, nerdy sort of guy who just so happens to have a SuperpoweredEvilSide. He's also not terribly moral even if he has more humanity than the majority of undead.