Month: July 2013

As the late model Ford Fairlane pulled up slowly to the US Customs window in Hamlin, Maine, Officer Hank Francis got up and walked to the window. It was a Sunday afternoon in late January, and there was a cold nip in the air. Hank had been enjoying a thermos of his wife’s Nadia’s stew, … Read more

It was really hot out. That’s what the news was saying on the news: it was really hot out. And Yordle Grimp knew that if the news was saying it was really hot on the news, it was news. Yordle remembered the old saying about eggs frying on sidewalks on hot days. He grabbed a … Read more

Haystacks were important in the village of Cormp. They were the source of livelihood for many families, who grew the hay to sell to farmers, who then fed it to their livestock, which in turn fed everyone. So it was no surprise that the sudden disappearance of haystacks led to some concern. At first, it … Read more