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The ''Smoke'' trilogy is a followup to [[Tanya Huff]]'s ''[[Blood Books]]''. It takes place a few years after the end of the Blood series, in [[Vancouver]], and features Tony Foster as the lead character. His ex Henry also appears in the series.
Tony is a 20something gay production assistant on the [[Vampire Detective Series]] show ''Darkest Night'', who discovers that their "special effects wizard" Arra Pelindrake is an actual wizard. And Tony is one as well. After they fight off the invasion of a Shadowlord from Arra's own world, Tony is left alone to deal with any and all supernatural things that happen to the ''Darkest Night'' cast and crew.
The books are:
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* [[All Part of the Show]]: Used at one point to keep the police from getting involved in the events of the book. "The only supernatural events happening here are the ones on my set."
* [[Badass Normal]]: Chester Bane. In the words of Henry, himself a badass vampire prince, "CB is a law unto himself."
* [[Bi the Way]]: Henry for sure. Lee is either bisexual or a [[
** He was definitely attracted to Leah...
** Being thousands of years old, Leah is amused that people think that there is only [[No Bisexuals|straight or gay]].
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** In-story, there is apparently a slash fandom for Lee's and Mason's characters.
* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: In the third book, someone makes a comment about "six kinds of hell breaking loose and coming your way." When called on it, he cheerfully admits he's just been waiting for his chance.
* [[I See Dead People]]: ''Smoke and Mirrors'' has almost everyone other than Tony seeing them by the end of the book. Graham is also a medium.
* [[James Bondage]]
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: tons and tons of it, given the subject matter; Tony and his pals, after all, work on a [[Vampire Detective Series]].
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* [[They Fight Crime|They Battle Demons!]]
* [[Undead Child]]: Stephen, Cassie, and Karl
* [[Vampire Detective Series]]: ''Darkest Night,'' the [[Show Within the Show]]. "[[Overly Narrow Superlative|Hey! We've got the highest numbers of any vampire detective show in syndication!]]" "That and a buck seventeen will buy you a bad cup of coffee."
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: CB Productions, but there's a good reason for it.
* [[Wizarding School]]: Utterly subverted, since Tony's new mentor Arra takes off for her own dimension and he has to learn via trial, error, and the [[Magical Computer]] she left him.
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