Month: October 2013

“This is excellent work,” said Inspector Withersby, neatly folding his glasses into their case and placing them in his inner jacket pocket. “But this painting is a forgery nonetheless!” The guests were aghast. A chorus of ‘wot-wot-wots’ rose like motes on the sunbeams streaming in through the drawing room drapes. The servant’s faces blanched. Mrs. … Read more

For the third day in a row, Jeremy Skontch open the bedroom blinds and looked down at the vagrant sitting in a camping chair in the vacant lot next to his house. For the third day in a row, the vagrant looked up at him and waved. And for the third day in a row, … Read more

Hiding in the ditch would have been easy for a normal grave robber making off with articles stolen from a grave. But this was Entropy Deepwater, and his ratio of successful to unsuccessful grave robbing attempts was exactly 0 to 21. Cold and miserable, he lay clutching a small satchel of gold teeth he’d pried … Read more