Dr. John Silence was a medical doctor turned occult detective. Independently wealthy due to his inheritance, he chose to practice medicine on those who could not pay. Once his clinic was up and running, his presence was not always required, so he spent his time investigating psychic and occult mysteries.

Dr. Silence was a free-lancer, having no consulting-room, bookkeeper, nor professional manners. He spent five years putting himself through “long and severe training, at once physical, mental and spiritual.” From this, he acquired some abilities of his own, including the ability to protect himself from paranormal attacks.

He is more than 40 years old, thin, with brown eyes and a well-trimmed beard. Though regarded as an eccentric, he was confident, with great determination and strength of purpose. He also keeps a variety of pets - two of which, a mischievous black cat named Smoke and a stoic golden collie named Flame, oftentimes accompany him on his psychic cases due to their heightened sensitivity to the spiritual world.

Across his many escapades, John battled malevolent ghosts, astral werewolves, fire elementals, the cult of Asmodeus, and other fiends.

*John Silence: Physician Extraordinary (1908)
** A Psychical Invasion
** Ancient Sorceries
** The Nemesis of Fire
** Secret Worship
** The Camp of the Dog
** A Victim of Higher Space

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*[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Silence,_Physician_Extraordinary Wikisource]
*[http://www.conceptualfiction.com/the_complete_john_silence_stories.html Conceptual Fiction]
*[https://www.blackgate.com/2011/07/24/the-nightmare-menphysician-extraordinary/ Black Gate – Adventures in Fantasy Literature]
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