Somewhere in the several hundred anthologies in my collection (or
possibly an issue of _The Magazine of Fantasy and SF_) is a story set
in, IIRC, modern day New York City where the protagonist is a nun who is
a member of a secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a
known one - IIRC, the name included the word "Executive") that dealt
with occult threats (with some prejudice). She is sent to New York City
on a mission where she encounters a priest who is a member of a
different secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a known
one) that dealt with occult threats. I am uncertain if my suspicion that
the each of the 2 groups didn't appreciate the existence of other is a
memory or a conclusion based on the premise. I think that this story was published more than 20 years ago.
On 3/7/26 1:00 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
Somewhere in the several hundred anthologies in my collection (or
possibly an issue of _The Magazine of Fantasy and SF_) is a story set
in, IIRC, modern day New York City where the protagonist is a nun who is
a member of a secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a
known one - IIRC, the name included the word "Executive") that dealt
with occult threats (with some prejudice). She is sent to New York City
on a mission where she encounters a priest who is a member of a
different secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a known
one) that dealt with occult threats. I am uncertain if my suspicion that
the each of the 2 groups didn't appreciate the existence of other is a
memory or a conclusion based on the premise. I think that this story was
published more than 20 years ago.
You might be thinking of the Peter Crossman stories by James D MacDonald
and Debra Doyle.
There was one novel (The Apocalypse Door), authored only by Macdonald,
and a small number of short stories/novellas, co-authored with Doyle.
I enjoyed them all, and I wish they'd written more of them.
Tony
... a story set in, IIRC, modern day New York City where the
protagonist is a nun who is a member of a secret Catholic order (or
perhaps a group inside of a known one - IIRC, the name included the
word "Executive") that dealt with occult threats (with some
prejudice).
By the way, some of the short stories ended up in Kurtz's Knights
Templar anthologies, if that helps you turn them up.
On 3/7/26 1:00 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
Somewhere in the several hundred anthologies in my collection (or
possibly an issue of _The Magazine of Fantasy and SF_) is a story set
in, IIRC, modern day New York City where the protagonist is a nun who is
a member of a secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a
known one - IIRC, the name included the word "Executive") that dealt
with occult threats (with some prejudice). She is sent to New York City
on a mission where she encounters a priest who is a member of a
different secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a known
one) that dealt with occult threats. I am uncertain if my suspicion that the each of the 2 groups didn't appreciate the existence of other is a memory or a conclusion based on the premise. I think that this story was published more than 20 years ago.
You might be thinking of the Peter Crossman stories by James D MacDonald
and Debra Doyle.
There was one novel (The Apocalypse Door), authored only by Macdonald,
and a small number of short stories/novellas, co-authored with Doyle.
In article <10ogvep$1eugf$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/7/26 1:00 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
Somewhere in the several hundred anthologies in my collection (or
possibly an issue of _The Magazine of Fantasy and SF_) is a story set
in, IIRC, modern day New York City where the protagonist is a nun who is >>> a member of a secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a
known one - IIRC, the name included the word "Executive") that dealt
with occult threats (with some prejudice). She is sent to New York City
on a mission where she encounters a priest who is a member of a
different secret Catholic order (or perhaps a group inside of a known
one) that dealt with occult threats. I am uncertain if my suspicion that >>> the each of the 2 groups didn't appreciate the existence of other is a
memory or a conclusion based on the premise. I think that this story was >>> published more than 20 years ago.
You might be thinking of the Peter Crossman stories by James D MacDonald
and Debra Doyle.
I am wondering if my memory rewrote the story. Let's see now, the Priest
is the viewpoint character, not the nun. However, the nun appears to be correct (I had a vague recollection of Poor Clares). However, the
problems in the 3 stories I found don't feel right.
There was one novel (The Apocalypse Door), authored only by Macdonald,
and a small number of short stories/novellas, co-authored with Doyle.
Unfortunately, the ISFDB doesn't flag those stories (along with the
novel) as a series.
On 3/8/26 1:10 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <10ogvep$1eugf$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
You might be thinking of the Peter Crossman stories by James D MacDonald >> and Debra Doyle.
I am wondering if my memory rewrote the story. Let's see now, the Priest
is the viewpoint character, not the nun. However, the nun appears to be correct (I had a vague recollection of Poor Clares). However, the
problems in the 3 stories I found don't feel right.
I believe the authors decided to call them the Peter Crossman stories.
My memories think the nun was a co-protagonist, and I don't remember if there was just the one viewpoint or not. Sounds like I should re-read these!
Unfortunately, the ISFDB doesn't flag those stories (along with the
novel) as a series.
Let's see...the five stories I know about are:
The Apocalypse Door (novel)
The Devil in the Details (the only one I haven't read)
Stealing God
Selling the Devil
Sleeping Kings
In article <10ojna2$2a0n5$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/8/26 1:10 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:(SNIP of my YASID description)
In article <10ogvep$1eugf$1@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
You might be thinking of the Peter Crossman stories by James D MacDonald >>>> and Debra Doyle.
I am wondering if my memory rewrote the story. Let's see now, the Priest >>> is the viewpoint character, not the nun. However, the nun appears to be
correct (I had a vague recollection of Poor Clares). However, the
problems in the 3 stories I found don't feel right.
I believe the authors decided to call them the Peter Crossman stories.
My memories think the nun was a co-protagonist, and I don't remember if
there was just the one viewpoint or not. Sounds like I should re-read these!
(snip)
Unfortunately, the ISFDB doesn't flag those stories (along with the
novel) as a series.
Let's see...the five stories I know about are:
The Apocalypse Door (novel)
The Devil in the Details (the only one I haven't read)
Stealing God
Selling the Devil
Sleeping Kings
There is an electronic edition of "The Devil in the Details" (I think it
is novelette length).
Confessions of Peter Crossman_ (which is NOT in the ISFDB, perhaps it
didn't have a dead tree version), however, it only has the 3 stories
that were in Kurtz's Templar anthologies.
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