The Joker

The Watch

I feel bad about letting you down and leaving you in the lurch like this. P.S. Let me know if you want anything on the inside. In Name of the Heel Arturo’s father had two watches, the one he usually wore on his wrist, and the other he kept in a bowl with loose change …

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Case of the Missing Strawbs

On the Garden Strawberries The strawberries of the Garden are perhaps that rarest of rare things. Gnomes, both young and old, will ask me: “What is the magic of strawberries?” To which I reply: “Strawberries are the magic.” As soon as they disappear, they reappear. And yet, paradoxically, whey they disappear, they reappear. Who can …

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