THE OTHERS

What they know about you:

PEOPLE YOU KNOW WELL:


OTHER PEOPLE:
Mike Ballistas:  a wealthy international consultant with
impressive offices downtown.  Ballistas has numerous
prominent government contacts, and is generally known to
be an influential businessman.  He donated heavily to the
Reagan Campaign.

Anthony Blaine:  A New York writer considered a protege
of Grant Cochran, Blaine is handled by Jonathan Drake,
the same publisher as Cochran.  It was rumored that
Blaine and Cochran had a very serious argument while
appearing together at a promotional convention after the
publication of Sightless King.  Blaine is best known for
his Fantasy-Horror novel Wunderking, and his most recent
work The Dinner Guest.  

Emily Breezewood: a college friend of Grant Cochran, and
a prep-school friend of Margot Matthews, Emily is the
daughter of Senator Breezewood of Connecticut, a very
powerful senior U.S. Legislator.  Emily was married to
Matthew Allen Carter, and divorced him, in a particularly
messy case during which Mr. Carter was represented by
Gary Morant.  They are reported to be on barely civil
speaking terms now.  Emily is living with Mike Ballistis.

Avery Carson: attended George Washington University and
has many acquaintances from that period, and immediately
afterward.  Avery met most of Grant's circle of friends
in the seventies while they were working in Washington
after graduation.  Mr. Carson occupied a position in the
staff of the late Darrington Ripley, U.S. Ambassador to
Sweden.  Currently employed by the State Department,
Avery Carson is rumored to actually work for the Company,
or No-such-agency.

Matthew Allen Carter:  A well known mystic, Carter is
associated with decadence, drugs, and bizarre mysticism. 
It is unclear where his money comes from, though he is
known to be at least moderately wealthy, and eccentric. 

M.A Carter provides spiritual consultation to some of
Washington's most prominent social figures.  He has
appeared on several area talk shows, notably Panorama in
July 1979 where he was involved in an altercation, and
declined to appear on Good Morning America in August of
1982 on the topic "Senators who follow the Horoscopes." 
He has assisted Federal authorities as a consultant on
"Cult Related Cases", and appeared before a Senate
Subcommittee Special Hearing in 1983 to discuss "Cult
Phenomena and Crime."

Grant Cochran:  Grant Cochran is a horror writer whose
early work brought him wealth and recognition.  His first
acclaimed work was a collection of short stories in 1977
entitled Look Ma, No Hands!  Grant achieved a more
limited success with The Sickness in John Harrol, 1977;
The Collection, 1979; but his mainstream horror novels 
Dark Symbols,1980; and Trinity, 1982; were extremely
successful.  His Lovecraftian fantasy-horror The
Sightless King, 1984 was universally panned.  Grant also
wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film The Blinding.
Numerous short stories including The Metallic Taste of
Blood Omni, Feb 1982.

Grant's work has tended more towards the occult and
fantasy side than Stephen King, and his success has been
less marked, but his early novels were commercially
successful.  Born 1955 to a wealthy Virginia family,
Grant graduated from George Washington University in DC
in 1975, aged twenty.  Writer and playboy, known to have
inherited some money from parent's death in 1974. He is
widely rumored to have been hospitalized recently for
rehabilitation.

Thomas Cochran:  Grant's failure of a brother.  Thomas
dropped out of school, and was deeply involved in drugs. 
He narrowly avoided jail on larceny charges.  He lost his
share of the family wealth, and is currently employed by
his brother as a handyman. 

Leda Deerden: A New York author, or visual artist, guest
of Grant's Publisher.  Ms. Deerden is known for her terra
cotta figures, which are widely sold in gift shops in the
Village, and her work at the 42nd Street Gallery, but is
a newcomer to the writing field.  Her first project is
projected to be a collaboration with Grant Cochran.

Jonathan Drake: Publisher of Grant Cochran, Drake is
Editor of Horror at Electra publishing, a division of
Robert W. Thormond and Sons, Inc., one of the nations
largest publishing houses.  Despite the failure of
Cochran's latest novel, Drake is reported to be
successful and on the rise.  He handles many other
writers including Anthony Blaine, and is also in charge
of titles under the smaller, but profitable Medea
imprintaur, for occult paperbacks, which includes the
works of Jeffrey Saxon.

Linda Kane:  Parapsychological researcher for the
Institute for Parapsychological Studies, 1567 23rd St.
NW.  Graduate of Columbia Prep, and Mary Washington
College.  M.A. Barnard.  Kane is a literary agent for
Matthew Allen Carter and is rumored to be his lover.  

Sarah Lamont: Sarah Lamont is an old Prep-school and
College friend of Margot Matthews, Linda Kane, Emily
Breezewood and others.  Sarah went to work for Gary
Morant as a paralegal, and is now his chief secretary.  

Margot Matthews: Margot was a friend of Grant Cochran,
and several other attendees in college, but went on to
become a prominent Washington socialite who rose out of
the ranks of minor political followers due to her
connections with the late U.S. ambassador to Sweden Mr.
Darrington Ripley.  Margot is giving this party in honor
of Grant Cochran's birthday.

Margot is currently employed by the Department of State,
where she is rumored to the mistress of a powerful
political appointee.  She was mentioned in People
magazine shortly after the inaugural ball, and her
fortunes have definitely been on the rise with the Reagan
government. 

Gary Morant:  Washington Attorney.  Graduated from George
Washington University in 1974, GW Law in 1978.  Formed
Morant and Steele with Harlan Steel in 1980.  Known for
handling some of the messiest and most prominent divorce
and lawsuit cases in the Washington social spectrum. 
Morant is a rising star in the social constellation of
Washington, and is Grant Cochran's attorney, and is
currently representing him in all of his sordid legal
affairs. 

Mort Nicholson: a well known private detective. 
Nicholson has worked for Gary Morant, and was a research
reference for the character of Detective George
Panopalous in Grant Cochran's Trinity.

Roger Pierce: a Professor/practitioner of Psychology at
George Washington University.  Young but promising, for
several years his 400 level course on Personality
Disorders has been considered the "most fun" class in the
entire psych department.  Many of Dr. Pierce's associates
consider him to be "that strung out quack", Dr. Pierce
considers himself a "perceptually enhanced alternative
practitioner."  It is obvious that Dr. Pierce either has
something on the University, or has tenure.

"Psychological disorders can be not only instructive, but
entertaining as well..." (American Psychiatric Yearbook,
1980).  

Tony Randall-Smith:  Olympic Equestrian Medalist, winning
two Silver and one Bronze medal at Los Angeles in 1984. 
Native of McLean Virginia, the child of a former
ambassador to England.  Personally acquainted with
Princess Margaret, has appeared in Sports Illustrated,
and network television.  Currently holds American and
European Championships in several categories of jumps. 
Professional status has been called into question, but
intends to compete in 1988.  

Jeffrey Saxon: A noted Parapsychology/Occult writer and
Astrologer, author of Health Signs, Astrology for You,
and Psychic Defense, and several other successful books
published in paperback.  Jeffrey is rumored to be
practically the only person in New York who does not
suffer from an incapacitating drug addiction.

Karyn Seidmann:  A New-York literary agent, Seidmann is
not well known in literary circles, though there are some
dark rumors about her past, including a lawsuit.  Seidman
handles small time occult authors, and until recently her
biggest literary success was Jeffrey Saxon, the popular
occultist and astrologer.

Oliver Stewart:  A comic-book author and illustrator for
Universal Comics, a major competitor of Marvel and D.C. 
Oliver responsible for the satirical Captain Flapjack
miniseries, but is best known for his work with Blood
Hound, a revitalized 1960's Superhero, and with Revenant,
a dark-horror miniseries.  Stewart handled a graphic-
novel adaptation of Grant Cochran's Sightless King, which
was somewhat more successful than the actual novel. 
Oliver is a New Yorker, but has maintained a friendship
with horror writer Grant Cochran, and has come down with
some of his other New York acquaintances to make his
birthday an interesting affair.

Craig Webber: An acquaintance of Margot Matthews, Mr.
Webber is a well-to-do local business consultant, rumored
to have connections to smuggling and the underworld. 
Webber is said to be a business partner of Avery Carson.
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