Another pastiche.
Nobody ever answered my earlier question about the oddball voting, but never mind, it didn't occur the last time. Both of my previous short postings still got much lower scores than my longer one, but that's deserved; short stories, as I've said before, aren't my metiér, and I, too, don't think they're as good. Thanks for reading anyhow; we authors do like an audience. I plan to post just one more "shortie" and then another long one (multiple chapters).
