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Come not thy tardy fan to chide, dear Master. My seance seeking news of your
after-well-being failed to make contact, but I encountered two strange
spirits bickering over your unfinished novel The Original of Laura. Each was
demanding exclusive editing rights, promising to present the completed work
to you on your 111st birthday (that¹s only 7 in binary). One, named Bunny,
claimed he would expand your text ten-fold, and as an added bonus to delight
you, would translate the result into a Russian verse-epic with Pushkinesque
iambic tetrameters. ³Over my dead body,² screamed the other spirit, who
called himself Lish. ³TOoL is bloated beyond belief. My dear friend Vladimir
will be overwhelmed when he sees my creative surgery. There¹s a wonderful
Haiku lurking behind those rambling cards.² The vision faded before I could
determine the outcome. I will dust the old Ouija board and try again
tomorrow. Dying to meet you! So many questions!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
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after-well-being failed to make contact, but I encountered two strange
spirits bickering over your unfinished novel The Original of Laura. Each was
demanding exclusive editing rights, promising to present the completed work
to you on your 111st birthday (that¹s only 7 in binary). One, named Bunny,
claimed he would expand your text ten-fold, and as an added bonus to delight
you, would translate the result into a Russian verse-epic with Pushkinesque
iambic tetrameters. ³Over my dead body,² screamed the other spirit, who
called himself Lish. ³TOoL is bloated beyond belief. My dear friend Vladimir
will be overwhelmed when he sees my creative surgery. There¹s a wonderful
Haiku lurking behind those rambling cards.² The vision faded before I could
determine the outcome. I will dust the old Ouija board and try again
tomorrow. Dying to meet you! So many questions!
Stan Kelly-Bootle
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