Call and Response

"Call and Response" is a short story by Scottish-born author William Meikle. It crosses over the Arkham Detective Agency created by C. J. Henderson with Meikle's own Midnight Eye Files, another hardboiled series which includes supernatural elements. It was written by Meikle at the request of Brian M. Sammons for a story involving Henderson's hard-boiled private investigator Frank Nardi, and was first published in the anthology Arkham Detective Agency by Dark Regions Press in November 2017.
==Synopsis==
Private Detective Frank Nardi follows a trail of clues to Glasgow, Scotland, where he joins forces with fellow PI Derek Adams. Together, the pair help to decipher a mysterious code coming from somewhere far out in the universe.
==Characters== 
*Frank Nardi, a former NYPD detective turned private eye.
*Derek Adams, a Glaswegian private investigator.
*John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor.
*Dr. Piers Night, a boffin from Arkham.
== Mythos Connections==
*Both Frank Nardi and Dr. Night reside in the town of Arkham created by H. P. Lovecraft himself.
*The Great Old One Cthulhu is referenced, albeit tangentially.
== Behind the Mythos==
Although Scottish inventor John Logie Baird appears as a character in "Call and Rssponse", the Arkham Detective Agency continuity takes place in a roughly contemporary setting despite its noir overtones; Baird, however, died in 1946 John Logie Baird at Wikipedia.
==Publication History==
*Arkham Detective Agency (2017, Dark Regions Press)
*The Midnight Eye Files: Volume 2 (2019, Gryphonwood Press)
*Up from the Deep (2023, self-published)
==References==
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:William Meikle works
Category:Crossovers