Hat Trick"Hat Trick" I stepped down the hall behind the stage, my footfalls light and ginger, my expression charged by withheld excitement. Coming upon the door with the characteristic golden star on it reading "Emery the Magnificent", I realized it was left, luckily, ajar a few inches. Delicately curling my fingers over its edge, I opened it, eliciting from the hinges a soft groan. Careful not to disturb the accomplished magician inside I stood in the doorway, rocking back and forth on my heels and clasping my hands behind me like an apprehensive schoolboy. I looked down at my loafers, grinning shyly." Mr. Emery, sir… I hope I'm not inter
Under The Rug Under The Rug "Off with you!" A wooden chair was brought down hard on cheap grey berber carpet; a lamp shook and a trio of bland landscape portraits framed on the wall rocked to and fro on their nails."Demon Scourge!" Glass shattering and a stream of hearty curses echoed in a conservatively furnished den. The quaint home of a certain Harvey Millright (PhD., he would cantankerously have one specify) was under attack. Harvey's career, if I may diverge from that scene for a moment, was teaching entomologyat a university near his home. His hobby was co
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