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** Probably a reference to how the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki burned shadows of people and objects into the concrete.

* [[Evil Is Visceral]]: In ''Something From The Nightside'', the Big Bad turns out to be a house on the outside but all squidgy and organic on the inside.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: And the only reason they don't show up more often is because they really dislike humans. The feeling is decidedly mutual.

* [[Fantastic Ghetto]]: Many of the down-and-out former Powers live in Rat's Alley. John himself lived their for the time as a "guest" of perennial resident Razor Eddie.

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] / [[Glowing Eyelights of Undeath]]: Merlin Satanspawn has empty eye sockets filled with flames. He's the Devil's son, and every time these eyes are mentioned it's commented that "he has his father's eyes". He's first met after his death, possessing his descendant, but when his live version is encountered (while time traveling to the era of [[Arthurian Legend]] in ''Paths Not Taken'') he already has the freaky flaming eye-sockets.

* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] The Street of Gods runs on this. If enough people believe in something, it's true. Gods gain strength from the belief. The short story Razor Eddie's Big Night Out offers this to make an [[Oh Crap]] moment on the reader. Razor Eddie--who found a reporter trying to investigate the homeless to write schadenfreude stories of the formerly powerful now on the streets and mailed him back to the paper's office in forty-seven packages with postage pending on each one--Razor Eddie, who makes it a point to kill the rich and powerful (and in the Nightside, that's exceedingly so) who think their position means they won't ever pay for their wrongdoings (again, in the Nightside, it can be a lot)--Razor Eddie, who was infamous when he was 14 years old--Razor Eddie draws his power from the belief in him and what he does, and every time he does something spectacular and the stories spread, his power grows. The beings on the Street of Gods are afraid of him because they believe in the Punk God of the Straight Razor, too, and they know it.

** Some people in the Nightside seem to RUN on this trope... the Deep School that Hadleigh Oblivion seems to have this as a graduation requirement.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: John, in a manner of speaking. He looks perfectly human, but his mother is... not. Of course, his appearance {{spoiler|(and relative lack of power, compared to some of his siblings)}} is part of her plan.

* [[Noodle Implements]]: Used multiple times, most memorably in ''Hell To Pay'' when John clears a room by changing all the televisions in the Gryphon's office to the same channel and remarks "There are some things Man was not supposed to do, and certainly not with a moose"

* [[Noodle Incident]]: In ''Sharper,'' John mentions that he once attempted an angelic summoning to learn about his enemies. We don't know exactly what happened/went wrong, but apparently there ''used'' to be a hotel at the site, and it's still radioactive.

*** The short story "Razor Eddie's Big Night Out" reveals the reason why he went on a rampage there, although details on what/who he actually attacked are vague.

** We never do find out what happens at Suzie's hen party. Then again, sending someone to find probably would've resulted in one dead messenger.

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