Encounters
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“I could use a little help here,” I said, but there was no answer—not from the astral plane, not from inside my own head. I finally got the can of beer I’d been promising myself and took it back to the sofa. I picked up my Tough Stuff crossword book and looked at the puzzle I was currently working. “Liquor Is Quicker,” it was called, and it was filled with the stupid puns which only crossword addicts find amusing. Tipsy actor? Marlon Brandy. Tipsy southern novel? Tequila Mockingbird. Drives the D.A. to drink? Bourbon of proof. And the definition of 19 Down was Oriental nurse, which every cruciverbalist in the universe knows is amah. Nothing in “Liquor Is Quicker” connected to what was going on in my life, at least that I could see.
Source: Bag of Bones ▫𓂃
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