Ode To A Nightingale. John Milton wrote a sonnet called "To the Nightingale".

Mr. John Brooke. In "Little Women" Margaret and John Burke have the twins Daisy and Demi.

The Bug War. The Bug War is between the Terran Federation and the Arachnids.

A Vampire. The series chronicles the adventures of the Monroe family and their pets, Harold the dog, Chester the cat, and Bunnicula the rabbit.

His Mother. John Kennedy Toole's mother submitted the manuscript of "A Confederacy of Dunces" for publication after her son committed suicide in 1969.

Dresden. Billy Pilgrim is in Belgium for the "Battle of the Bulge" and then is taken prisoner at a German POW Camp.