The story Mobility is collected in [[Not A Speck Of Light (Book)]]. The names Skylark Tooms and Ezra Malachi Tooms are mentioned in the story. Members of the [[Tooms]] family appear in multiple of Barron's stories. Skylark Tooms is the main character of [[Fear Sun]]. In Mobility, Bryan's fiancé Angie tells Bryan that Skylark _"...died in an industrial accident the other day. Burned alive."_ In the story, Bryan's old college friend [[Tom Mandibole]], who used to be called Frank Mandibole, shows up. Angie mentions having suffered ten years in Chinese Hell, so there could be some ties to [[Procession of the Black Sloth]]. The story briefly mentions a character named Pastor Tallen. The story [[Fear Sun]] features a character named Rembrandt Tallen. The story's main character is named Bryan. This, taken together with the story's title and the heavy emphasis on amputation, might be a nod to horror and weird fiction writer Brian Evenson. At the end of the story, where we might expect an explicit nod to Brian Evenson, we get this curveball: "-For Michael Cisco" Michael Cisco is a different contemporary weird fiction writer. I'm not sure what the deal is here, but it made me laugh. #Story #Speck