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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: At one point, Tony muses about being a variant of this, professionally speaking. Apparently, he was looked down on by his peers at film school for his post-graduation job, working for a cult tv, B grade VampireDetective series with a small budget, while they're working on high-rating, high-budget shows - Series/Smallville is mentioned specfically. Tony, however, is working wherever he's needed and thus gaining experience in lighting, set dressing, continuity, and special effects (and is a permanent member of this department after Arra goes back home) and through working as an assistant is shadowing directors, editors and camera operators, while the biggest responsibility any of his snotty classmates have been given is being in charge of [[UnusualEuphemism the honey wagon]] i.e. the location portapotties!
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: At one point, Tony muses about being a variant of this, professionally speaking. Apparently, he was looked down on by his peers at film school for his post-graduation job, working for a cult tv, B grade VampireDetective series with a small budget, while they're working on high-rating, high-budget shows - Series/Smallville ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mentioned specfically. Tony, however, is working wherever he's needed and thus gaining experience in lighting, set dressing, continuity, and special effects (and is a permanent member of this department after Arra goes back home) and through working as an assistant is shadowing directors, editors and camera operators, while the biggest responsibility any of his snotty classmates have been given is being in charge of [[UnusualEuphemism the honey wagon]] i.e. the location portapotties!
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: during the first day of shooting in Caulfield House, Tony notices that the set is a far more comfortable temperature than usual. He then finds out it's because ghost siblings Stephen and Cassie are posing as extras and drawing on the heat generated by all the lights and equipment in order to be visible to everyone. Before he finds out what Caulfield House really is, Tony even asks them if they'd consider hanging around for the whole shoot, because everyone's a lot easier to get along with in the cooler temperatures.
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with an axe. But Tony figures it out pretty quickly, since Stephen is still dressed in what he was wearing when he died - a shirt long enough to cover him to mid-thigh, but nothing else below the waist.]]
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with an axe. But Tony figures it out pretty quickly, since Stephen is still dressed in what he was wearing when he died - a shirt long enough to cover him to mid-thigh, but nothing else below the waist.]]
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** during the first day of shooting in Caulfield House, Tony notices that the set is afar much more comfortable temperature than usual. He then finds out it's because ghost siblings Stephen and Cassie are posing as extras and drawing on the heat generated by all the lights and equipment in order to be visible appear as normal to everyone. Before he finds out what Caulfield House really is, Tony even asks them if they'd consider hanging around for the whole shoot, because everyone's a lot easier to get along with in the cooler temperatures.
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a mild crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with anaxe.axe]]. But Tony figures it out pretty quickly, since Stephen is still dressed in what he was wearing when he died - a shirt long enough to cover him to mid-thigh, but nothing else below the waist.]]
** during the first day of shooting in Caulfield House, Tony notices that the set is a
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a mild crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with an
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* DyingMessage: although it's more a 'going into the light' message: one of the few funny and heartwarming moments from "Smoke and Mirrors". [[spoiler: Before Stephen follows Cassie and all the other Caulfield House ghosts into the afterlife, he manages to have a quick conversation with Tony, telling Tony that he and Cassie did one last ghostly act for Tony. "Cassie drew one half and I drew the other". It's not until he gets home and finally gets to change clothes that Tony finds it - Stephen and Cassie drew a love heart on his ass!]]
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* DyingMessage: although it's more technically a 'going into the light' GoIntoTheLight message: one of the few funny and heartwarming moments from "Smoke and Mirrors". [[spoiler: Before Stephen follows Cassie and all the other Caulfield House ghosts into the afterlife, he manages to have a quick conversation with Tony, telling Tony that he and Cassie did one last ghostly act for Tony.him. "Cassie drew one half and I drew the other". It's not until he gets home and finally gets to change clothes that Tony finds it - Stephen and Cassie drew a love heart on his ass!]]
* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: At one point, Tony muses about being a variant of this, professionally speaking. Apparently, he was looked down on by his peers at film school for his post-graduation job, working for a cult tv, B grade VampireDetective series with a small budget, while they're working on high-rating, high-budget shows - Series/Smallville is mentioned specfically. Tony, however, is working wherever he's needed and thus gaining experience in lighting, set dressing, continuity, and special effects (and is a permanent member of this department after Arra goes back home) and through working as an assistant is shadowing directors, editors and camera operators, while the biggest responsibility any of his snotty classmates have been given is being in charge of [[UnusualEuphemism the honey wagon]] i.e. the location portapotties!
** Not to mention, CB has been around for decades and knows just about everybody in the Canadian film/tv industry. When ''Darkest Night'' ends, (though it doesn't happen in series) CB, who is shown to take care of his people, will either take most of the crew onto his next show, or be able to get them a job offer by making a couple of phone calls.
** Not to mention, CB has been around for decades and knows just about everybody in the Canadian film/tv industry. When ''Darkest Night'' ends, (though it doesn't happen in series) CB, who is shown to take care of his people, will either take most of the crew onto his next show, or be able to get them a job offer by making a couple of phone calls.
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* SpoiledBrat: Ashley and Brianna both. Tony actually stops Caulfield House from taking Brianna by spelling out the House what she's like, and asking if it really wants to spend eternity putting up with her. The House gives her back (Brianna is quite indignant about this).
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* SpoiledBrat: Both of CB's daughters, Ashley and Brianna both. Brianna. Tony actually stops Caulfield House from taking Brianna by spelling out telling the House exactly what she's like, and asking if it really ''really'' wants to spend eternity putting up with her. The House gives her back [SkewedPriorities (Brianna is quite indignant about this).this)]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: during the first day of shooting in Caulfield House, Tony notices that the set is a far more comfortable temperature than usual. He then finds out it's because ghost siblings Stephen and Cassie are posing as extras and drawing on the heat generated by all the lights and equipment. equipment in order to be visible to everyone. Before he finds out what Caulfield House really is, Tony even asks them if they'd consider hanging around for the whole shoot.shoot, because everyone's a lot easier to get along with in the cooler temperatures.
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with an axe. But Tony figures it out pretty quickly, since Stephen is still dressed in what he was wearing when he died - a shirt long enough to cover him to mid-thigh, but nothing else below the waist.]]
** When several secondary characters get a POV scene, if you read carefully you can tell Caulfield House is already working on them, as previously-mentioned desires become fixations or obsessions i.e. one crew member with a crush on Lee quickly starts plotting [[EveryoneCanSeeIt to get rid of Tony]] as she devolves into a dangerous stalker.
** When Stephen and Cassie tell Tony about their deaths, they don't mention [[BrotherSisterIncest what they were doing]] when [[spoiler: their father came after them with an axe. But Tony figures it out pretty quickly, since Stephen is still dressed in what he was wearing when he died - a shirt long enough to cover him to mid-thigh, but nothing else below the waist.]]
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Leah uses this often. In her case it often goes all the way to "distracted by the ''sex''."
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) And boy, does Lee ever get sick of it.
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) And boy, does Lee ever get sick of it.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Leah uses this often. In her case it often goes all the way to "distracted by the ''sex''."
" She mentions at one point that until the nineteenth century or so, she spent most of her life 'in powerful men's beds' to keep herself fed and sheltered.
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) [[RealityEnsues And boy, does Lee ever get sick ofit.it]].
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) [[RealityEnsues And boy, does Lee ever get sick of
* DyingMessage: although it's more a 'going into the light' message: one of the few funny and heartwarming moments from "Smoke and Mirrors". [[spoiler: Before Stephen follows Cassie and all the other Caulfield House ghosts into the afterlife, he manages to have a quick conversation with Tony, telling Tony that he and Cassie did one last ghostly act for Tony. "Cassie drew one half and I drew the other". It's not until he gets home and finally gets to change clothes that Tony finds it - Stephen and Cassie drew a love heart on his ass!]]
* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod Tany Huff]] didn't admit it until after the trilogy was complete, but to anyone who watched tv in TheNineties, it's quite obvious that Lee Nichols is heavily based on Creator/NicholasLea.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: during the first day of shooting in Caulfield House, Tony notices that the set is a far more comfortable temperature than usual. He then finds out it's because ghost siblings Stephen and Cassie are posing as extras and drawing on the heat generated by all the lights and equipment. Before he finds out what Caulfield House really is, Tony even asks them if they'd consider hanging around for the whole shoot.
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* SpoiledBrat: Ashley and Brianna both.
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* SpoiledBrat: Ashley and Brianna both.
both. Tony actually stops Caulfield House from taking Brianna by spelling out the House what she's like, and asking if it really wants to spend eternity putting up with her. The House gives her back (Brianna is quite indignant about this).
* SummonToHand: The "Come To Me" spell, which Tony becomes very adept with. [[spoiler: It's how he defeats Leah's old lover/demonlord. He uses it on the ''demonlord'', having first positioned himself in such a way the demonlord will have to "Come to Me" on a direct line through Leah - and the dimensional gate embedded in her body.]]
* SummonToHand: The "Come To Me" spell, which Tony becomes very adept with. [[spoiler: It's how he defeats Leah's old lover/demonlord. He uses it on the ''demonlord'', having first positioned himself in such a way the demonlord will have to "Come to Me" on a direct line through Leah - and the dimensional gate embedded in her body.]]
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* BiTheWay: Henry for sure. Lee is either bisexual or a StraightGay, and this is debated throughout the series.
** He was definitely attracted to Leah. However, being thousands of years old, Leah is amused that people think that there is only [[NoBisexuals straight or gay]].
** In the short story "See Me", set several years after ''Smoke and Ashes'', [[spoiler: Lee is canonically established as being bisexual, but he and Tony now live together in a committed monogamous relationship that is an [[EveryoneCanSeeIt open secret]] in the Vancouver entertainment industry]].
** He was definitely attracted to Leah. However, being thousands of years old, Leah is amused that people think that there is only [[NoBisexuals straight or gay]].
** In the short story "See Me", set several years after ''Smoke and Ashes'', [[spoiler: Lee is canonically established as being bisexual, but he and Tony now live together in a committed monogamous relationship that is an [[EveryoneCanSeeIt open secret]] in the Vancouver entertainment industry]].
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* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: Subverted in ''Smoke and Mirrors''. To Tony's chagrin, everyone looks to Amy for guidance on dealing with the supernatural situation they find themselves in simply because she is a PerkyGoth who freely admits to owning all seasons of ''Series/Charmed1998'' on DVD. Granted, he has spent months in possession of veritable encyclopedia of magic and done virtually nothing with it.
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* DrivenToSuicide: In ''Smoke and Mirrors''Mirrors'', the malignant intelligence in Caufield House drives people to commit murder, followed by suicide. It then forces their ghosts to perpetually reenact their deaths.
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* InvisibleToNormals: The ghosts of Caulfield House are not visible except to people like Tony (a wizard) or Graham (a medium). Other people can only vaguely sense them.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Leah couldn't be further away from WhoWantsToLiveForever if she tried.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Leah couldn't be further away from WhoWantsToLiveForever if she tried. She greatly enjoys her career as a stuntwoman precisely because she knows that none of the stunts she performs could possibly injure, much less kill, her. Tony lampshades this by briefly considering "Immortal Stuntwoman" as a TV series pitch.
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The ''Smoke and Shadows'' trilogy is a followup to Creator/TanyaHuff's ''Literature/BloodBooks''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in {{Vancouver}}, and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
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The ''Smoke and Shadows'' trilogy is a followup to Creator/TanyaHuff's ''Literature/BloodBooks''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in {{Vancouver}}, UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}, and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
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* TheObiWan: Arra, subverted in that she doesn't die, just leaves the dimension.
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The ''Smoke and Shadows'' trilogy is a followup to {{Tanya Huff}}'s ''Literature/BloodBooks''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in {{Vancouver}}, and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
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The ''Smoke and Shadows'' trilogy is a followup to {{Tanya Huff}}'s Creator/TanyaHuff's ''Literature/BloodBooks''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in {{Vancouver}}, and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
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* YourVampiresSuck: Tony complains to Henry early in ''Smoke and Shadows'' that the showrunners of ''Darkest Night'' don't know anything about vampires. Henry's response? "Good."
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* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: Although Tony first exhibited the ability to use magic in ''Smoke and Shadows'', he had only been devoting occasional effort to study the magical lessons on the laptop Arra left for him. This bites him in the ass in ''Smoke and Mirrors'', as he seriously had need of more magic than he knew. By ''Smoke and Ashes'' he has been putting more effort into studying and is on his way to becoming quite powerful by the standards of supernatural beings in his world.
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*OurGhostsAreDifferentOurGhostsAreDifferent: Most of the ones in Caulfield House are being held there against their wills and forced to reenact their deaths.
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* RedShirt and MauveShirtMauveShirt: Let's just say that being an extra on ''Darkest Night'' is more hazardous than it ought to be. The cast and crew aren't entirely safe either, but as a rule the closer they are to Tony the less likely they are to die.
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* MoralMyopia: Creighton Caufield expresses the disgust over Tony's homosexuality that one might expect from a moralistic person from his era. The fact that he's the ghost of a necromancer who feeds off the energy generated by tormented captive souls as part of a bid to become a Lovecraftian EldritchAbomination somewhat undermines his claim to rectitude however.
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* PoweredByAForsakenChild: [[spoiler: Creighton Caulfield used his mentally-retarded son Richard as a medium to channel the negative psychic energy he was gathering inside Caulfield House. When Richard unexpectedly died, his father had to adjust his plans. However, Richard continued to linger in the house as a ghost, and his presence served to anchor the other ghosts inside until Tony convinced him to GoIntoTheLight, taking the other ghosts with him]].
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* WizardsLiveLonger: Arra is 137, and while not young, she is not elderly either.
* WorldOfSnark: Just about everybody, which means that SnarkToSnarkCombat is the normal mode of conversation.
* WorldOfSnark: Just about everybody, which means that SnarkToSnarkCombat is the normal mode of conversation.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Leah couldn't be further away from WhoWantsToLiveForever if she tried.
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* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: Henry's (a vampire) presence tends to draw other supernatural beings into his vicinity. Tony, as one of the few true wizards (as opposed to specialty occultists) on Earth only increases the weirdness levels in the Vancouver area.
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* OccultDetective: Tony increasingly ends up in this role as his prowess as a wizard grows.
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* LightEmUp: The Light of Yeramathia.
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** In the short story ''See Me'', "See Me", set several years after ''Smoke and Ashes'', [[spoiler: Lee is canonically established as being bisexual, but he and Tony now live together in a committed monogamous relationship that is an [[EveryoneCanSeeIt open secret]] in the Vancouver entertainment industry]].
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** In the short story ''See Me'', when Jack asks Tony where the heck he goes to get information about supernatural beings, Tony responds that he goes to talk to the show's writers.
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** Also a bit between Henry and CB in the second book, implied as the reason for the tension between Tony and Henry in the third book.
** In-story, there is apparently a slash fandom for Lee's and Mason's characters.
** Also a bit between Henry and CB in the second book, implied as the reason for the tension between Tony and Henry in the third book.
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* HoYay: tons of it between Tony and Henry, Tony and Zev, Tony and Lee, even between Tony and Jack.
** Also a bit between Henry and CBGay relationships in the second book, implied as the reason for the tension between Tony and Henry in the third book.
** In-story,these books are canon rather than Ho Yay. But in-story, there is apparently a slash fandom for Lee's and Mason's characters.
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* GhostlyChill: The ghosts of Caulfield House.
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The ''Smoke and Shadows'' trilogy is a followup to {{Tanya Huff}}'s ''Literature/BloodBooks''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in {{Vancouver}}, and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
Tony is a 20-something gay production assistant on the VampireDetectiveSeries show ''Darkest Night'', who discovers that their "special effects wizard" Arra Pelindrake is an actual wizard. And Tony is one as well. After they fight off the invasion of a Shadowlord from Arra's own world, Tony is left alone to deal with any and all supernatural things that happen to the ''Darkest Night'' cast and crew.
The books are:
* ''Smoke and Shadows''
* ''Smoke and Mirrors''
* ''Smoke and Ashes''
There is also a published short story, ''See Me'', in the anthology ''Those Who Fight Monsters - Tales of Occult Detectives''
Examples of:
* AHouseDivided: ''Smoke and Mirrors.''
* AllPartOfTheShow: Used at one point to keep the police from getting involved in the events of the book. "The only supernatural events happening here are the ones on my set."
* AlternateUniverse: Arra's homeworld, which is inhabited by humans who have developed magic to a greater extent than technology. The wizards there seem to have confirmed the [[TheMultiverse "Many-Worlds Interpretation"]] of quantum physics, but had only begun to develop the scientific/magical principles needed to travel between worlds. Arra was the first to actually succeed at doing so.
* AnotherDimension: Usually where demons come from. Some are considered to be "{{Hell}}'s", while others are just occupied by unpleasant, but not necessarily magical, creatures.
* BadassNormal: Chester Bane. In the words of Henry, himself a badass vampire prince, "CB is a law unto himself."
* BiTheWay: Henry for sure. Lee is either bisexual or a StraightGay, and this is debated throughout the series.
** He was definitely attracted to Leah. However, being thousands of years old, Leah is amused that people think that there is only [[NoBisexuals straight or gay]].
** In the short story ''See Me'', set several years after ''Smoke and Ashes'', [[spoiler: Lee is canonically established as being bisexual, but he and Tony now live together in a committed monogamous relationship that is an [[EveryoneCanSeeIt open secret]] in the Vancouver entertainment industry]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: Stephen and Cassie
* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Coffee Shop]], even plays on the page quote.
* ClosetKey: Tony proves to be this for Lee.
* DemonicPossession: Sentient shadows, ghosts...ironically, actual "demons" are the only ones not really joining in on the fun.
* DeusSexMachina: Leah, Henry, and Tony have to have a threesome in order to save the world (or for Tony to communicate with a demonlord who can't perceive anyone who isn't attracted to his handmaiden.)
* DistractedByTheSexy: Leah uses this often. In her case it often goes all the way to "distracted by the ''sex''."
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) And boy, does Lee ever get sick of it.
* DrivenToSuicide: ''Smoke and Mirrors''
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The RunningGag is that "evil is always after [Tony's] ass!" [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in the third book, where [[spoiler: Leah's exclusively heterosexual Demonlord is aware that Tony desires him, and is mildly amused at most.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Tony and Lee's mutual crushes on each other. UnresolvedSexualTension abounds there.
* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: Other than constable Jack and tabloid reporter Kevin Groves, the city of Vancouver at large is oblivious to all the supernatural weirdness that goes on, especially around CB Productions. CB has no qualms about bringing in insurance claims adjusters after demonic creatures damage his set. At one point a demon even crashes a coffee house. But it was a {{Goth}} club so it may not count, even though it turns out that Goths are less excited to meet real demons than one might expect.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Hilariously so.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Henry
* FunctionalMagic: Wizards use an Inherent Gift and Rule Magic to manipulate energies. There's also some Theurgy (the Light of Yeramathia)
* GenreSavvy: Most of the characters work in TV production and Henry writes romance novels. They are very much aware of the tropes in their lives. CB is even willing to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall how cliche and derivative the plot of the second book is]].
** In the short story ''See Me'', when Jack asks Tony where the heck he goes to get information about supernatural beings, Tony responds that he goes to talk to the show's writers.
* HauntedHeadquarters: Caulfield House, where ''Darkest Night'' is filming an episode.
* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: Actually, the healing itself is not so difficult. But in being healed you must experience all the pain that you normally would over the course of the time it would take for your injuries to heal naturally - ''all at once!''
* HeroicBastard: Henry
* HoYay: tons of it between Tony and Henry, Tony and Zev, Tony and Lee, even between Tony and Jack.
** Also a bit between Henry and CB in the second book, implied as the reason for the tension between Tony and Henry in the third book.
** In-story, there is apparently a slash fandom for Lee's and Mason's characters.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: In the third book, someone makes a comment about "six kinds of hell breaking loose and coming your way." When called on it, he cheerfully admits he's just been waiting for his chance.
* ISeeDeadPeople: ''Smoke and Mirrors'' has almost everyone other than Tony seeing them by the end of the book. Graham is also a medium.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Tony is a bit unsettled by Leah's rather indifferent attitude about the lives of mortal humans, especially since she does not perceive their lives as being as valuable as her own despite how long she has lived.
* JamesBondage
* LampshadeHanging: tons and tons of it, given the subject matter; Tony and his pals, after all, work on a VampireDetectiveSeries.
* LargeHam: Mason Reed, who plays Raymond Dark on ''Darkest Night''
* LivingLieDetector: Kevin Groves. Naturally, he's a tabloid reporter. Unfortunately for him this is a case of UselessSuperpowers, since many of the truths he uncovers are so fantastical that the only place they can get printed is a tabloid.
* MagicVersusScience: Magic involves the manipulation of energy. Potentially ''all'' forms of it. Certain magic thus interferes with the use of technological devices. For example, cell phones do not work on the set of CB Productions [[spoiler: because of the dimensional gate located there]]. Caulfield House drains energy from electrical devices and interferes with radio communications. However, whether magic and science are antithetical is somewhat a matter of point of view for people from Tony's world. On Arra's world magic basically fills the role normally occupied by science, and she has little difficulty [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic combining the two disciplines]]. She even uses computers for divination (via games of Spider Solitaire) and to mathematically model the required parameters to create dimensional gateways.
* MagicalComputer: Arra's laptop
* MindControlDevice: The Shadowlord, upon discovering television and the way it creates "shadows made of light" sees it as a potentially very easy way to quickly take over the world.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Arra [[spoiler: actually had no intention of ever returning to her own world or facing the Shadowlord again. But his relentless searching for her, sending shadow minions through the gate to seek her out and even coming to Earth himself, bolsters Tony's arguments that she needs to stop hiding and face him once and for all]].
* NighInvulnerability: Leah, thanks to an "oops, I wrote that wrong" moment her demon lord had, can't be injured or age. When a demon draws a wee bit of blood from her, she's terrified.
* TheObiWan: Arra, subverted in that she doesn't die, just leaves the dimension.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PerkyGoth: Amy
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* {{Protectorate}} CB Productions
* RedShirt and MauveShirt
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Tony and Lee do eventually end up together]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Lee plays the show's sidekick. Henry is now Tony's sidekick. Also, pretty much everyone wants to be Tony's.
* SorcerousOverlord: The Shadowlord plays this trope completely straight.
* SpiritAdvisor: Stephen and Cassie to Tony
* SpoiledBrat: Ashley and Brianna both.
* TabloidMelodrama: something Lee has to worry about.
* TedBaxter: Mason.
* {{Telekinesis}}: one of Tony's skills. Only works in one direction.
* TrueCompanions: CB Productions.
* [[TheyFightCrime They Battle Demons!]]
* UndeadChild: Stephen, Cassie, and Karl
* TheUnmasquedWorld: by the middle of book 2, a large number of people at CB Productions are well aware of the supernatural goings-on and what Tony is. And they want in on the action. By book 3 they are a fighting [[TrueCompanions team]].
* VampireDetectiveSeries: ''Darkest Night,'' the ShowWithinTheShow. "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Hey! We've got the highest numbers of any vampire detective show in syndication!]]" "That and a buck seventeen will buy you a bad cup of coffee."
* WeirdnessCensor: Goes hand-in-hand with the ExtraStrengthMasquerade. Most people instinctively rationalize away any metaphysical phenomena that they witness. Several supernatural individuals actually express shock that people like Tony and CB recognize the paranormal on sight and acknowledge that it is real without first going through denial.
* WeirdnessMagnet: CB Productions, but there's a good reason for it. Both Henry and Tony also have a history of this individually.
* WizardingSchool: Utterly subverted, since Tony's new mentor Arra takes off for her own dimension and he has to learn via trial, error, and the MagicalComputer she left him.
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Tony is a 20-something gay production assistant on the VampireDetectiveSeries show ''Darkest Night'', who discovers that their "special effects wizard" Arra Pelindrake is an actual wizard. And Tony is one as well. After they fight off the invasion of a Shadowlord from Arra's own world, Tony is left alone to deal with any and all supernatural things that happen to the ''Darkest Night'' cast and crew.
The books are:
* ''Smoke and Shadows''
* ''Smoke and Mirrors''
* ''Smoke and Ashes''
There is also a published short story, ''See Me'', in the anthology ''Those Who Fight Monsters - Tales of Occult Detectives''
Examples of:
* AHouseDivided: ''Smoke and Mirrors.''
* AllPartOfTheShow: Used at one point to keep the police from getting involved in the events of the book. "The only supernatural events happening here are the ones on my set."
* AlternateUniverse: Arra's homeworld, which is inhabited by humans who have developed magic to a greater extent than technology. The wizards there seem to have confirmed the [[TheMultiverse "Many-Worlds Interpretation"]] of quantum physics, but had only begun to develop the scientific/magical principles needed to travel between worlds. Arra was the first to actually succeed at doing so.
* AnotherDimension: Usually where demons come from. Some are considered to be "{{Hell}}'s", while others are just occupied by unpleasant, but not necessarily magical, creatures.
* BadassNormal: Chester Bane. In the words of Henry, himself a badass vampire prince, "CB is a law unto himself."
* BiTheWay: Henry for sure. Lee is either bisexual or a StraightGay, and this is debated throughout the series.
** He was definitely attracted to Leah. However, being thousands of years old, Leah is amused that people think that there is only [[NoBisexuals straight or gay]].
** In the short story ''See Me'', set several years after ''Smoke and Ashes'', [[spoiler: Lee is canonically established as being bisexual, but he and Tony now live together in a committed monogamous relationship that is an [[EveryoneCanSeeIt open secret]] in the Vancouver entertainment industry]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: Stephen and Cassie
* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Coffee Shop]], even plays on the page quote.
* ClosetKey: Tony proves to be this for Lee.
* DemonicPossession: Sentient shadows, ghosts...ironically, actual "demons" are the only ones not really joining in on the fun.
* DeusSexMachina: Leah, Henry, and Tony have to have a threesome in order to save the world (or for Tony to communicate with a demonlord who can't perceive anyone who isn't attracted to his handmaiden.)
* DistractedByTheSexy: Leah uses this often. In her case it often goes all the way to "distracted by the ''sex''."
* DistressedDude: Even if he's not a girl, and not incompetent, Lee is the Mary Jane to Tony's Peter Parker. (He certainly does seem to get targeted because of Tony.) And boy, does Lee ever get sick of it.
* DrivenToSuicide: ''Smoke and Mirrors''
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The RunningGag is that "evil is always after [Tony's] ass!" [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in the third book, where [[spoiler: Leah's exclusively heterosexual Demonlord is aware that Tony desires him, and is mildly amused at most.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Tony and Lee's mutual crushes on each other. UnresolvedSexualTension abounds there.
* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: Other than constable Jack and tabloid reporter Kevin Groves, the city of Vancouver at large is oblivious to all the supernatural weirdness that goes on, especially around CB Productions. CB has no qualms about bringing in insurance claims adjusters after demonic creatures damage his set. At one point a demon even crashes a coffee house. But it was a {{Goth}} club so it may not count, even though it turns out that Goths are less excited to meet real demons than one might expect.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Hilariously so.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Henry
* FunctionalMagic: Wizards use an Inherent Gift and Rule Magic to manipulate energies. There's also some Theurgy (the Light of Yeramathia)
* GenreSavvy: Most of the characters work in TV production and Henry writes romance novels. They are very much aware of the tropes in their lives. CB is even willing to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall how cliche and derivative the plot of the second book is]].
** In the short story ''See Me'', when Jack asks Tony where the heck he goes to get information about supernatural beings, Tony responds that he goes to talk to the show's writers.
* HauntedHeadquarters: Caulfield House, where ''Darkest Night'' is filming an episode.
* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: Actually, the healing itself is not so difficult. But in being healed you must experience all the pain that you normally would over the course of the time it would take for your injuries to heal naturally - ''all at once!''
* HeroicBastard: Henry
* HoYay: tons of it between Tony and Henry, Tony and Zev, Tony and Lee, even between Tony and Jack.
** Also a bit between Henry and CB in the second book, implied as the reason for the tension between Tony and Henry in the third book.
** In-story, there is apparently a slash fandom for Lee's and Mason's characters.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: In the third book, someone makes a comment about "six kinds of hell breaking loose and coming your way." When called on it, he cheerfully admits he's just been waiting for his chance.
* ISeeDeadPeople: ''Smoke and Mirrors'' has almost everyone other than Tony seeing them by the end of the book. Graham is also a medium.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Tony is a bit unsettled by Leah's rather indifferent attitude about the lives of mortal humans, especially since she does not perceive their lives as being as valuable as her own despite how long she has lived.
* JamesBondage
* LampshadeHanging: tons and tons of it, given the subject matter; Tony and his pals, after all, work on a VampireDetectiveSeries.
* LargeHam: Mason Reed, who plays Raymond Dark on ''Darkest Night''
* LivingLieDetector: Kevin Groves. Naturally, he's a tabloid reporter. Unfortunately for him this is a case of UselessSuperpowers, since many of the truths he uncovers are so fantastical that the only place they can get printed is a tabloid.
* MagicVersusScience: Magic involves the manipulation of energy. Potentially ''all'' forms of it. Certain magic thus interferes with the use of technological devices. For example, cell phones do not work on the set of CB Productions [[spoiler: because of the dimensional gate located there]]. Caulfield House drains energy from electrical devices and interferes with radio communications. However, whether magic and science are antithetical is somewhat a matter of point of view for people from Tony's world. On Arra's world magic basically fills the role normally occupied by science, and she has little difficulty [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic combining the two disciplines]]. She even uses computers for divination (via games of Spider Solitaire) and to mathematically model the required parameters to create dimensional gateways.
* MagicalComputer: Arra's laptop
* MindControlDevice: The Shadowlord, upon discovering television and the way it creates "shadows made of light" sees it as a potentially very easy way to quickly take over the world.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Arra [[spoiler: actually had no intention of ever returning to her own world or facing the Shadowlord again. But his relentless searching for her, sending shadow minions through the gate to seek her out and even coming to Earth himself, bolsters Tony's arguments that she needs to stop hiding and face him once and for all]].
* NighInvulnerability: Leah, thanks to an "oops, I wrote that wrong" moment her demon lord had, can't be injured or age. When a demon draws a wee bit of blood from her, she's terrified.
* TheObiWan: Arra, subverted in that she doesn't die, just leaves the dimension.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PerkyGoth: Amy
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* {{Protectorate}} CB Productions
* RedShirt and MauveShirt
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Tony and Lee do eventually end up together]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Lee plays the show's sidekick. Henry is now Tony's sidekick. Also, pretty much everyone wants to be Tony's.
* SorcerousOverlord: The Shadowlord plays this trope completely straight.
* SpiritAdvisor: Stephen and Cassie to Tony
* SpoiledBrat: Ashley and Brianna both.
* TabloidMelodrama: something Lee has to worry about.
* TedBaxter: Mason.
* {{Telekinesis}}: one of Tony's skills. Only works in one direction.
* TrueCompanions: CB Productions.
* [[TheyFightCrime They Battle Demons!]]
* UndeadChild: Stephen, Cassie, and Karl
* TheUnmasquedWorld: by the middle of book 2, a large number of people at CB Productions are well aware of the supernatural goings-on and what Tony is. And they want in on the action. By book 3 they are a fighting [[TrueCompanions team]].
* VampireDetectiveSeries: ''Darkest Night,'' the ShowWithinTheShow. "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Hey! We've got the highest numbers of any vampire detective show in syndication!]]" "That and a buck seventeen will buy you a bad cup of coffee."
* WeirdnessCensor: Goes hand-in-hand with the ExtraStrengthMasquerade. Most people instinctively rationalize away any metaphysical phenomena that they witness. Several supernatural individuals actually express shock that people like Tony and CB recognize the paranormal on sight and acknowledge that it is real without first going through denial.
* WeirdnessMagnet: CB Productions, but there's a good reason for it. Both Henry and Tony also have a history of this individually.
* WizardingSchool: Utterly subverted, since Tony's new mentor Arra takes off for her own dimension and he has to learn via trial, error, and the MagicalComputer she left him.
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