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'''[[''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]].
 
* 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.
=== 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.
 
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=== This book contains examples of: ===
 
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* [[Agent Mulder]] and [[Agent Scully]]: Inverted with Stan and Kim.
* [[Action Girl]]: Kim and Daisy.
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* [[Animal Motif]]: Vampires can elect to turn into a non-human beast of their choice. While there are many vampires in the book, {{spoiler|Stan, Kim, Xenu and Freddy Johnson are all vampires by book's end,)}} only a handful reveal their preferred beast form. {{spoiler|Daisy and Douglas prefer coyotes, yellow and red respectively. Xenu elects to turn into an unknown alien-demon spawn to hunt his prey in Tumbleweed. Pickwick and Charlie Castro's beast forms are consistent with their Egyptian God counterparts, Anubis/Jackal and Sobek/Alligator respectively. Kim's invokes her beast form when encountering Pickwick in New York City, but her exact form is unspecified in the text. Stan, Felix, Freddy Johnson, Lovely Wife, and Arnold and Anna Dotson do not invoke their beast forms during the narrative, so their preferencess are unknowable at this time.}}
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: [[The X-Files]] and arguably [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]].
* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: Every. Single. Vampire.
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: {{spoiler|Xenu, Osiris and Isis.}}
* [[Came From the Sky]]: {{spoiler|When the flying saucer crashes in Tumbleweed.}}
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* [[Your Vampires Suck]]: [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]
 
=== Allusions and References ===
 
* [[The X-Files]]: Tumbleweed as a whole is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the television show. {{spoiler|The first half of the borrows various elements from the episodes Pilot, Duane Barry, Ascension and Bad Blood.}}
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** Daisy - [[Super Mario Land]]
** Wiley - [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]
** Walsh - [[AmericasAmerica's Most Wanted]]
** Xenu - Scientology
** Reno and Rude – [[Final Fantasy VII]]
** Cossack – [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]
** Pickwick – [[The Pickwick Papers]]
** The Fitzpatricks – [[DuckTales (1987)]]
** Blandford - [[Riff Trax]]
 
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