What Lurks in the Shadows (short story)

was the tenth short story in the anthology Out of the Shadows, published by Arcbeatle Press.
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
* Tasha Williams
* Azacca Dixon
* Maxie Masters
* Agamya Akhtar
* Giles
* Gavin
* Sir Andrew Williams
* Agent Cochrane
* Frank
* George
* Vorshagg
* Alinquos
* Sir Bedevere
* Voltron
* Drofen
== Worldbuilding ==
* Tasha keeps a Glock in her bedside drawer. 
* Gavin makes Tasha bacon sandwich.
* Tasha's TV shows a news headline which reads "Sir Andrew Williams responds to recent threats made towards government ministers".
* Tasha wears a leather jacket and jeans.
* Agent Cochrane drives a white Range Rover. He works for Sir Andrew.
* Tasha listens to Alanis Morissette.
* PROBE find a corpse near Hammersmith Bridge. 
* Tasha refers to Hannibal Lecter, telling Maxie he's a cannibal from a film.
* Giles has had another budget meeting. 
* Tasha says that if they didn't do jobs for the police, their Commissioner would "still be getting probed on some faraway planet."
* Az has been with PROBE for almost three months. Tasha takes him to The Nocturne, an underground bar that caters for aliens, monsters and misfits.
* George is a Draxi.
* The presence of most aliens in the Nocturne is in violation of Galactic Heritage law.
* In the Nocturne, a Vorshagg, despite the presence of its de-aggrifier, carries a heavy weapon. The Gonzie beside it wears clothes coated in blood. 
* Alinquos is a Ferrux. He has a Tauran bodyguard.
* The token Tasha finds on the body is of a worm curling around a globe. It's related to perihelion.
* Bedevere once watched Dragonheart. The sight of the friendly dragon in it infuriated him, as he knew them as trecherous creatures.
* Bedevere assures Tasha that a Knight of the Round Table tells nothing but the truth.
* Bedevere has had takeaways from Camelot Pizzas.
* Az tells Tasha that George got the all clear from Dr Dionus on Gulliver's Rest.
* George used the Ryugu Network to get to Earth.
* MI5 have intercepted some chatter suggesting that an attack on London was imminent.
* Taurans are "bull-like fellas; grey fur, big muscles".
* A Drofen killed the human in Hammersmith.
* The hooded figures summon a Voltron, though their incantation should only work on living beings.
* Maxie tracks the van that kidnapped Tasha using CCTV. 
* Gavin is drained of all his blood.
== Story notes ==
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== Continuity ==
* Tasha thinks that, after what happened with Archie MacTavish in Manchester, more and more aspects of the job seem to affect him. (AUDIO: What Happened in Manchester) She hopes he can handle the pressure of the threat posed by perihelion. (WC: Shadows of Doubt)
* Tasha got a tip off in the Nocturne which led her to the case at Hanson Solicitors. (PROSE: Preternatural Days)
* Dionus and Gulliver's Rest are mentioned. They first appeared in AUDIO: Eternal Escape.
* Tasha says that her father would have her tucked away in a windowless office in Whitehall if he had his way. Before joining PROBE Tasha worked in an office. (AUDIO: 9 to 5)
* Drofen first appeared in PROSE: The Beast of Stalingrad.
== External links ==
Category:Out of the Shadows short stories
Category:Stories set in London
Category:Stories set in 2019