W. H. Pugmire, Esq.

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a work in progress; this is one portion explicitly inspir'd by TLO

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Billy always feared Grand-Dad. The way the old man's breath wheezed, the glint of his scarab-like eyes, and the smell of stale spices that perpetually heralded the ancient fellow's coming: all these were a terror to Billy. In his dotage, the old man had become peculiar, or so Billy...

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Schrödinger’s Cat Miles glanced at his watch again, still trying to keep his mind on the matter at hand. Julia would just have to live with it, he told himself for the umpteenth time, just as he would. It was too late to turn back now: the experiment was well under way. In fact, it...

A Christmas tale

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It was the morning of Christmas day, before the storms started. Luke's grandmother had arrived just in time before the first downpour. His little sister Connie was helping him rummage through a box of last-year's decorations, which mostly proved to be a tangle of sinewy cords and tinsel. ...