Alex Heaney

Alex Heaney is a character created by J.P. Leck as a part of his Endless Elsewhere multimedia meta-narrative. His first appearance was in the short film, The Roman, though he is referenced as early as The Novelty. Heaney has appeared in a total of four Endless Elsewhere stories. Heaney is portrayed on film and in radio plays by Samuel Dumas.

The Roman
After his failure to close the book on the grave robbery cases that plagued Circle City, Alex Heaney finds himself returning to Circle City Cemetery, where he stumbles across Carolyn Pelfrey. Suspicious of her activities, he follows her to The Roman Civic Theater where she and Lucas Dawalt have planned their latest Red Mass. In the theater, Dawalt challenges Heaney to a sword fight and, while Heaney overcomes his assailant, he loses track of the now-possessed Carolyn Pelfrey.

"The Acolytes"
After questioning Lucas Dawalt alongside his partner, Keith Sorrels, Heaney and Sorrels reconvene at Joe's Diner where Heaney reveals his intention to seek out the fugitive Carolyn Pelfrey at the Boonies Compound outside of Circle City. While in the diner, the detectives are attacked by an assassin's gunfire. Their assailant is revealed to be Pelfrey and one of her acolytes. Pursuing Pelfrey to Circle City Cemetery, Heaney is finally able to put an end to the grave robbery case he had previously failed to solve.

The Should-Not-Be
After the events of "The Demoniac," Alex and Keith are staking out the home of former cemetery groundskeeper Ryan Tolliver, believing him to be harboring the fugitive Carolyn Pelfrey. After receiving a tip from dispatch, the two enter the house to find an unconscious Monty Redding with no sign of Tolliver or Pelfrey.

"The Invoked"
After being confronted by Tolliver and Violet outside of Joe's Diner, Heaney and Sorrels agree to accompany the two to the Boonies Compound, where they encounter the fugitive Carolyn Pelfrey. After turning on the Lantern, the assembled group encounter some malicious spirits who summon the Gãrgolas, who abduct Heaney and Tolliver before retreating.

The Novelty
Alex appears on the front page of the Circle City Chronicle on Violet's porch corresponding with a story about the grave robberies he was investigating.

The Lantern
Alex again appears in the same Chronicle cover story seen in The Novelty, this time cut out and seen on the wall of Tolliver's hotel room.

"The Demoniac"
In recounting his story of Carolyn Pelfrey's exorcism to Brian Pollydore of The Vigilante, Ryan Tolliver tells of how Heaney stumbled upon his attempt to break Pelfrey out of the hospital and away from police custody.

"The Unclosing Eye"
Heaney is referenced several times throughout the photographic novel, specifically his abduction at the hands of the Gãrgolas in "The Invoked."