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Cry Uncle

I spun in a circle looking for an exit when I noticed other Big Men advancing through the crowd behind me. Trapped! My brain screamed at me, which is really less than ideal when you’re desperately trying to come up with a plan of escape on the spur of the moment. Seconds ticked by. The [...]

Exits

I had two choices. I could make a blind run for the Bazaar and its promise of escape. I could make a blind run for Oracle’s place and hope she would help. Bazaar, no question. My legs pumped at zig-zagged through unknown streets, dodging people and a jumble of rough-plank kiosks as I went. I [...]

Freaks in the Neighbourhood

I had made it out the door and down a rickety set of stairs when Oracle came walking around the side of, what I’ll loosely call, a building.  She smiled at me and shoved a steaming cup into my hands, then, urging me to follow, started walking. She didn’t even bother to ask where I’d [...]

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