The Adventures of Drake & McTrowell

Perils in a Postulated Past

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This site contains a serialized record of historical fiction of the near-great adventurers of Chief Inspector Erasmus L. Drake and Dr. "Sparky" L. McTrowell. To read their exploits from the beginning in chronological order, click here.

A new entry for The Adventures of Drake and McTrowell is provided each Monday (or so). The latest few entries are provided on this page in reverse chronological order. If you need to read further back than that, see the links below.

Past Adventures:
Page 0: July 5 - August 16, 2010
Dr. McTrowell Alights
Curious to a Fault, in which Chief Inspector Drake is Introduced
Bloomsbury
The Lucid Dreams of Professor Farnsworth
Kulachniy Boy
The Enlightening Walk
Page 1: August 23 - October 4, 2010
Jonathan Lord Ashleigh
Meeting Farnsworth Again
Mrs. McCreary’s Boarding House
An Encounter with Ruffians
Licorice Root
Page 2: October 11 - November 14, 2010
A Tale for Sergeant Parseval
Fade to Black
The Three Dressmaker Dummies
Osiris
Infant of a Nightmare
Maharaja Deva
Page 3: November 22, 2010 - January 5, 2011
A Stout-Hearted Man
A Mutually Beneficial Agreement
Colt Pocket 1849
Monsieur de Fermat’s Little Theorem
The Smell of Cocoa
Page 4: January 6 - January 25, 2011
Sandrine, Je T’aime
Counterbalancing a Sarcophagus
The Surgical Assistant Under Steam
Quite the Gentleman
Three Pieces of Paper
Page 5: February 4 - February 28, 2011
Airship Regatta Broadsheet
A Serious Knock
Au Revoir, London
A Pretty Face
Best Laid Plans
Page 6: March 8 - April 13, 2011
Landing in Paris
Café Au Lait
Dinner in Montmartre
Meet Cute
Mr. Woodhouse’s Replacement
Page 7: April 17 - May 16, 2011
The Essence of Romantic Comedy
Limestone Plunderers
Victor and Vanquished
Two Crates Marked FRAGILE
Miss Sarah Slate
Page 8: May 25 - June 28, 2011
Look Down
Play to Win
Four Countries, Four Stories
Pall Mall
All In Good Time
Augustiner Keller
Page 9: July 5 - August 19, 2011
The Marienplatz Confrontation
Air Winch Cannons
Pomp and Preparations
The Flat Run
The Valley Run
The Mountain Run
Page 10: September 5 - September 26, 2011
The Downhill Run
Ishild
To Munich!
Page 11: October 3 - November 6, 2011
An Honorable Endeavor
Back to Paris
The Pecos Incident
The Parisian Party
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig
Page 12: November 14 - December 19, 2011
The Mettle of Yin
A Port in the Storm
The Impossible Challenge
Good Night, My Little Bird
A Few Failed Experiments
Probably Better
Page 13: December 27, 2011 - January 29, 2012
People of this Ilk
Four is Too Many
Just One More Thing
Warp and Weft
Dancing in the Lab
Auntie Catherine
Page 14: February 8, 2012 - March 13, 2012
The Big Date
Mundanity
One Thing Right
Herr Euler
The Three Tests
Convenient
Page 15: March 23, 2012 - April 22, 2012
Fresh Blood
Matsumura Sōkon
The Unexpected Visit
A Farthing for Your Thoughts
Crossing Poultry
C. Llewellyn McTrowell
Page 16: May 2, 2012 - June 10, 2012
Empty Hand
The Misfortune of the Mislaid Missive
The Frontier Medical Woman
The Disease of Kings
Clockwork Puzzle
Irrefutable Evidence
Page 17: June 26, 2012 - July 24, 2012
Unwrapping the Scary Present
Water Water Everywhere
Secret Powers
You Know How to Whistle, Don’t You?
A Late Visit to Scotland Yard
A Clandestine Tryst
Page 18: July 30, 2012 - September 19, 2012
For the Want of a Warm Pub
HMA Brittania
Polished and Prepped
Stealth and the Lack Thereof
Green Grass, Brown Well
Danger Plus Opportunity
Page 19: September 24, 2012 - October 30, 2012
Swords to Plowshares
A Tale of Two Armors
The Inverted Marionette
Bundles of Sticks
Directly and Soberly
L'éprouveuse
Page 20: November 5, 2012 - December 18, 2012
Played
Where’s Wallace?
Keep Quiet and Play Through
Put a Ring on It
Feels Like Home
E. Llewellyn
Page 21: February 4, 2013 - March 11, 2013
Care for a Brandy?
Peregrine
An Offer To Teach
Portsmouth
The Shaky Landing
Court Martial This!
Page 22: March 19, 2013 - April 21, 2013
Your Province?
Now We’re Negotiating
Very Observant
Port Cities
Sea Change
Well, That’s Just Crate
Page 23: April 30, 2013 - May 7, 2013
Committing to the Odyssey
The Little Woman

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The Flat Run

July 26, 2011

McTrowell’s heels snapped out the staccato rhythm of her excitement as she shifted from foot to foot on the bridge. Although she heard the echo of her footsteps, she felt like she was actually floating over the deck. She shook Mr. Krasnayarubashka’s hand crisply and snapped her goggles down over her eyes as the Burke & Hare floated free of its moorings. ...

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Entry characterizations: Authored by Morse, The Bavarian Airship Regatta

Pomp and Preparations

July 20, 2011

The first reaction to the announcement regarding the air winch cannons was stunned silence by the pilots at the table. If they didn’t understand Herr Zimmermann’s German, they apparently caught the gist of Willy Dampf’s English explanation. Suddenly, the table was all abuzz with pilots speaking in their native language to no one in general, and voicing how incredulous they were. ...

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Entry characterizations: Authored by Drake, The Bavarian Airship Regatta

Air Winch Cannons

July 10, 2011

Since she was still a bit wobbly, Sparky spent the rest of Saturday on the Burke & Hare, checking and rechecking its state of preparedness. She was grateful for the lack of public duties and not just because she was a tad unsteady. Unfortunately, Sunday was quite different. ...

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Entry characterizations: Authored by Morse, The Bavarian Airship Regatta

The Marienplatz Confrontation

July 05, 2011

Erasmus pulled a chair up next to the lushly made bed that cocooned Sparky. Sparky needed to hear the rest of the story. Erasmus cleared his throat to begin the remainder of the tale, but word that Sparky had come to was making its way around the airship, and Erasmus would just have to wait. ...

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Entry characterizations: Authored by Drake, The Bavarian Airship Regatta