The Ectozone: The Ghostbusters Universe At Your Fingertips

The Ectozone's Eleventh Birthday. Not as big a milestone as the Tenth, of course, but it's today.

Some new stuff:

The Timeline section has undergone some updating. The most notable is the New Timeline, which has now been updated up to issue 12 of Ghostbusters Vol.2 with some citations of things up to the current issue; I'm not going to give the "full" treatment to #13-on until the "Mass Hysteria" storyline is finished.

Aforementioned "Mass Hysteria" has been a great anniversary story; Tiamat, a figure of real Sumerian and Babylonian mythology (not to mention a major role in the cosmology of the Dungeons and Dragons default scenario) is the villain. I mean, I gotta admit to rolling my eyes at the "sister of Gozer" thing; "A rival member of Gozer's pantheon" would have been more than sufficient, but it's the anniversary and I certainly can't say that IDW flogging Gozer is a totally new and unexpected development.

On the down side, they brought back Louis Tully. Ungh. Sorry, this was a character I was just simply not missing. I know, I know, "anniversary" blah blah blah.

But here's my own treat for you all:

Ghostbusters: Enlightenment, Part One
June 8, 1994--Timeline Year Twelve

Liz Hawthorne, the maga known as Lady Enlightenment, is in deep trouble. She turns to Ray Stantz and the Ghostbusters for help, unaware that things have changed drastically in the three years since she's seen them...

This is a story I've had floating, in one form or another, in my head for over twenty years, but never got around to telling really, well, anywhere. Readers familiar with Chronicles of Gozer Part Six and the various tales of the Ghostbusters of 2021 and on will be able to see where some of this is going, and it will eventually lead into GBOT Ray's romantic destiny being resolved, but I think you'll like some of the other surprises Ogre and I have in mind for this story.

I'm hoping that, at long last, I have enough of a creative tailwind on me to actually get this story done, too. (Fingers crossed)

--Fritz V. Baugh

My own take on the Ghostbusters. Some of my own creations aren't this much fun to write! Click HERE to see the stuff...

Five newest stories (newest on top)

Ghostbusters: Enlightenment, Part One
June 8, 1994--Timeline Year Twelve
Liz Hawthorne, the maga known as Lady Enlightenment, is in deep trouble. She turns to Ray Stantz and the Ghostbusters for help, unaware that things have changed drastically in the three years since she's seen them...
(First Posted May 13, 2014)

Ghostbusters: The Monster That Is A Cookie
1984--Timeline Year Two
Ray's trying to eat the cookies his Aunt Lois sent. Then he gets more exposure to cookies that he could ever want--there's a monster at a cookie factory. So much for his diet, huh?
(First Posted May 13, 2013)

Ghostbusters West Coast: Toy Soldiers, Part Three
July 18, 2009--Timeline Year Twenty-Seven
The CEO of the GBWC and the Prince of Los Angeles meet. More bad dreams are going around. Darkness falls on Los Angeles once again.
(First Posted May 13, 2012)

Ghostbusters West Coast: Toy Soldiers, Part Two
July 17, 2009--Timeline Year Twenty-Seven
This time it's Jason having bad dreams. Mike is reaquainted with someone he doesn't like very much anymore. Dr. Venkman is coming to town. Oh, and there's another dead body...
(First Posted April 25, 2012)

Ghostbusters: Mr. Stay Puft's Christmas Adventure
December 24, 1983--Timeline Year One
It's Christmas Eve. Venkman's in a foul mood. Ray misses his family. Egon is not sure how to react to Janine's elf costume. Winston has a fateful meeting. And then the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man shows up. Wait, what? How is that even possible?
(First Posted December 12, 2011)