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Browsing Posts published in March, 2006

So, I thought up a neat twist to romance novels: replace the female lead with a male. I tried it out using one of Harlequin’s online romance novels, Heavy Metal Honey. This one worked almost too well, since the female character is purposely butch. Oh, well.Anyway, here are the “rules” I’ve set up for myself: [...]

From: The Springview Historical Society To: Nick Powell and Don McGinnis Subject: Haunted School Dear Mr. Powell and Mr. McGinnis The Springview Historical Society would like to hire you to determine whether or not the local school is haunted. It has been closed since the 1980′s because of strange occurrences that have happened since the [...]

Nick Powell gazed at the carpeting of clouds from his seat on the plane. His assistant, Don McGinnis, was asleep in the seat next to him. Nick got up as quietly as he could and reached into the compartment above Don’s head. He slid out his laptop, careful not to make a sound, and sat [...]

Doug McDougal yawned and sat up in bed. His girlfriend was already up. “Morning, Sleepy Head,” she said walking in. “Morning,” he said, getting out of bed. “I thought that, before work, you could come with me this morning,” she said hopefully, “to Madame Shantel.” “Aw, Leela, you know I don’t believe in that psychic [...]