Elaine lives in our Paris, but she is continually being drawn through doors in the Métro into other worlds by her nemesis, who goes by many different names, including Nathair, Drosselmeyer and Ankou.  Her stories are linked to the stations named for the gates in the 19th century defensive wall around Paris built in the early 1840s under the direction of Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers.

Story Title	Metro Station		Genre	Warnings
The Garden Door	Porte d’Auteuil		Portal fantasy	Apples
The Hair Loom	Porte de Bagnolet		Portal fantasy	Lancelot
Between the Seams	Porte Maillot		Portal fantasy	Grim fairy tales
The Judgment of (Elaine of) Paris	Porte Dorée		Portal fantasy	Greek Gods
Marionette	Porte de Pantin		Portal fantasy – Christmas – horror	Christmas, child death

Pierrot Pantin, another recurring character, makes his first appearance in Marionette.  Elaine is also mentioned in the first Pierrot Pantin story, Pantin in Paris, but does not appear in that story.