We can be certain that the building now known as the Donzerly Light was never a lighthouse. It sits on one of several rocky stubs along the west coast of...
Simon (& Spontoon Group)-- I like this picture very much. I like the character 'types' in the bar, and the conversational interactions between everyone. ...
EOC (& Spontoon group)-- I enjoyed this very much. It did make me want to compulsively go get a wet paper towel and wipe non-existent berry filling and pastry...
Antonia (& Spontoon group) -- I have seen (a few times) similar private memorial gardens. I am open to reposting such descriptions and anecdotes on the...
Couple of corrections, and a slightly different ending... Pursuit! Part One, Chapter 62 In the lives of notable furs, there sometimes occur what is known as a...
Pursuit! Part 1, Chapter 63 Restaurante Horcher -- Berlin. Germany The second cascade began more than 7000 miles away from the Spontoons, in the German...
... Spontoon Island pages. Let me know when you are agreeable for this one to be used. I tend to like 'dates' on stories and articles, as I think this may...
It should, I hope, be clear that Bellman isn't the sort of Euro- Diplomat who would have sneered at Amelia. Though he'd be wary of her: he's in the same...
Bellman might be approached by a Krupmark rep (not one of the Nis; they're successful but not members of the ruling clique) who would be peddling secrets...
... they're successful but not members of the ruling clique) who would be peddling secrets obtained from another nation. Say, something important about...
"Oh, if the ruling clique wanted to frighten the Ni family, I could see them being pushed into being a cut-out." That goes without saying, of...
Indeed not -- best leave that task to Wise Ones. He's welcome to deal with Sgt. Brush, Inspector Stagg, Father Merino, Reggie, Dr. Meffit, and assorted other...
Myself, I can easily see Bellman popping up in the Pursuit! story- line at some point in the not-too-distant future. As you may have seen from the most recent...
... in ... Bellman has certainly made enemies, some a little more personal than professional. And, while there are Germans who would cheerfully kill him, there...
"Look, Charlie, do you think I'm stupid? I know how to shoot." Bellman grinned. "I'm sure you do. But do you know how to kill?" It was the third or fourth time...
It was cold and damp, almost foggy, and none of the mourners was there from any strong connection to the late Arabella McKensie. But all had a connection,...
... in ... Take note of the Funeral in Berlin story. You may assume he has the name of whatever perverted Nazi thug is convenient to you. Paint the target...
Interesting little tidbit about The Saint series. The author, Leslie Charteris was actually Anglo-Chinese...and prior to penning the Saint stories, he had...
Please, folks, don't ask what happened to Arabella. I'm giving myself nightmares. Try not to think about what some real humans do to cats. And I'm thinking a...
As Katie might have put it... My object all sublime, I shall achieve in time, To make the punishment fit the crime, The punishment fit the crime... ... From:...
One model which did come to mind was "Mission Impossible": the original TV rather than the movies. Of course, Bellman doesn't get his orders from a 78 which...
