The Tumbleweed Dossier

The Tumbleweed Dossier is an omnibus novel written by Sugar Ray Dodge that splits into two story arcs. The first being The Tumbleweed Dossier, the original 2008 novel. The second being a trilogy of novelettes called Paranormal Investigations, written from 2009 through 2011. The complete omnibus was published in March 2012. It is a Crossover Cosmology work that deals primarily with vampires, alien abductions, and Ancient Egypt. It is also an Affectionate Parody of The X-Files.

Plot Synopsis

 * It’s time for full disclosure! Due to the highly publicized nature of the events that took place in Tumbleweed, Texas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has commissioned this report. The author has been granted full access to the Tumbleweed dossier, interviewed all surviving key individuals, and written this objective novelization of what happened. Subject 1: Special Agent Stanley B. Goode, FBI. Lead investigator into the disappearance of Daisy Dotson. Subject 2: Special Agent Kimberly Hart, FBI. Agent Goode’s partner on the case who may have ulterior motives. Subject 3: Daisy Dotson, High School Student. Daughter of oil tycoon, Arnold Dotson. Mysteriously disappeared after the prom. Subject 4: Dr. Ronnie James “RJ” Wiley, DDS. Dentist with a practice in Tumbleweed, expert in all things paranormal. Within these pages you will discover the truth about vampires, aliens, and unidentified flying objects.

This book contains examples of:

 * Agent Mulder and Agent Scully: Inverted with Stan and Kim.
 * Action Girl: Kim and Daisy.
 * Alien Abduction: Wiley, Daisy
 * Aliens and Monsters: The premise of the entire book.
 * Anal Probing: Wiley, played for laughs.
 * Animal Motif: Vampires can elect to turn into a non-human beast of their choice. While there are many vampires in the book,  only a handful reveal their preferred beast form.
 * Affectionate Parody: The X-Files and arguably Twilight.
 * Back From the Dead: Every. Single. Vampire.
 * Came Back Wrong:
 * Came From the Sky:
 * Crossover Cosmology: Vampires, Ufology, Egyptian Mythology
 * Classical Movie Vampire: Arnold Dotson, however he is not evil.
 * Fully-Embraced Fiend: Douglas
 * Egyptian Mythology:
 * Elvis Lives:
 * Evil Overlord:
 * Holy Burns Evil: Most notably Daisy.
 * Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: The Dotsons. See also: Vampires Are Rich.
 * The Greys: Except they are green.
 * Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Don't Taze Me, Bro.
 * Lemony Narrator
 * Literary Allusion Title
 * The Tumbleweed Dossier
 * Act One: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity (FBI Motto)
 * Act Two: All Creatures Of Our God And King (Hymn)
 * Act Three: Movin' Out (Wiley's Song)
 * Act Four: In The Pale Moonlight
 * Act Five: The Audacity Of Hope And Change
 * Paranormal Investigations
 * Act Six: Fallen From Graceland (Richie Sambora Song)
 * Act Seven: Naked Came the Alligators (Naked Came The Stranger and Naked Came The Manatee)
 * Act Eight: Out Of The Aeons
 * Long-Lost Relative -  It is also strongly implied that
 * The Men in Black: Reno and Rude
 * Redemption Equals Death:
 * Our Vampires Are Different: Vampires in The Tumbleweed Dossier differ greatly from those found in much of contemporary popular culture. The author's primary influences for these vampires were Varney the Vampire, Dracula, Castlevania and Bloodsucking Fiends. Twilight also played a significant role in the creation of characters as it is mentioned by name in the text itself, presumably because the author was writing away from the vampires introduced by Stephanie Meyer. Examples:
 * Vampires are able to tolerate and function in daylight as regular human beings.
 * Lycanthropy is not limited to bats, but to any creature the vampire chooses. They can also turn into fog.
 * The possess superhuman strength, but not superhuman speed.
 * They can only drink the blood of their own species, rendering the concept of Vegetarian Vampire impractical.
 * Someone can become a vampire in only two ways.
 * A vampire can only be killed by decapitation with a blade of pure silver.
 * A vampire cannot commit suicide.
 * Reassigned to Antarctica: Stan, only to FBI Headquarters. See also: The Scapegoat
 * Red Shirt: Filbert, Leslie,
 * Roswell That Ends Well:
 * Vampire Monarch: Arnold Dotson
 * Stages of Monster Grief:
 * Take That:  See also: Author Filibuster.
 * Was Once a Man: All vampires
 * Your Vampires Suck: Twilight
 * Was Once a Man: All vampires
 * Your Vampires Suck: Twilight

Allusions and References

 * The X-Files: Tumbleweed as a whole is an Affectionate Parody of the television show.


 * Character Names
 * Stan - Johnny B Goode
 * Kim - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
 * Daisy - Super Mario Land
 * Wiley - Mega Man
 * Walsh - Americas Most Wanted
 * Xenu - Scientology
 * Reno and Rude – Final Fantasy VII
 * Cossack – Mega Man
 * Pickwick – The Pickwick Papers
 * The Fitzpatricks – DuckTales
 * Blandford - Riff Trax


 * Character Inspirations
 * Arnold Dotson – Castlevania (Dracula)
 * Freddy Johnson –
 * Lovely Wife -
 * Felix –
 * Curtis – Mortal Kombat (Quan Chi)
 * Greasy Tim and Fat Pete – Loose Change