Hey, Your Nose is on Fire!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Aw, c'mon. What're a few grave consequences between friends, huh?

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      That's "jerkwad" in the best possible sense, of course.

The Terebinth Story Archive      Don't be that way, Lamont! We all want to know your stupid idea!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Yeah, this isn't sounding good...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      How long I can keep up this "triple-layer" stuff, I have no idea. We'll all find out together!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      All right, then: let's get straight into it. Three layers of narration, no waiting!

The Terebinth Story Archive      After one thousand, seven hundred pages, I think it's time we get back to basics of Terebinth : bug jokes and paraphrases of W.C. Fields. Also, a new chapter entitled "Imperialistic."

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Which wraps things up for this storyline. Next, Howlett and Jolene get a visit from "The Wild Hunt." In this virtual space starting Monday.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      The temptation to have Henshaw refer to that piece of furniture as a davenport was almost irresistible. And yet? Somehow, I resisted.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      It's been a long day for everyone involved, after all.

The Terebinth Story Archive      Yeesh! We haven't seen Scott since his supporting role in the play "The Ballad of the Pine Cone Cafe" that ran from page 1,360 to page 1,480 . And we haven't seen the dinosaur skeleton that he uses as his office since page 1,331 ! Talk about a blast from the past! If that's indeed what we were talking about!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      One more week for all this , then we'll get back to the basics around here: Howlett and Jolene. "The Wild Hunt" will be our 124th storyline and will take us into 2023.

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Well, honesty is the best policy, after all...

As part of:      The whole Gleanings thing that I wrote about last week , Neal Shusterman, the guy behind the Arc of the Scythe series, is doing a bunch of book signings across the country. And since several of us who collaborated with him on the stories in the collection live here in southern California, he's invited us to join him for one of the events.      It'll be Tuesday, November 22nd, two days before Thanksgiving, so I don't know if that means a bigger possible crowd or a smaller one, and it'll be at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Irvine Spectrum Center .      Considering that the last time I went somewhere for a book signing several decades ago, the publisher hadn't actually gotten around to printing any copies of the book, I'm expecting this one to be a bit more organized. So if you want to discuss My Little Pony fanfiction or talking animal stories in general or even, I guess, the book and series around which the event is centered,

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      It's always about the blood, Imbolk. Always.

The Terebinth Story Archive      Is anyone ever really prepared for giant mutant bugs, Sean? 'Cause I don't think so...

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      So I'll try to get through Guy Fawkes' Day and the Time Change this weekend without setting myself on fire too much, and here's hoping you do the same!

The Daily Grind Table of Contents      Imbolk committed his crimes during our 119th storyline, " A Dose of Perspective ," and began his road to rehabilitation during our 121st storyline, " The Transitive Property ." And now? Here he might be again!