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Algernon Sydney is Dead
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by Algernon Sydney is Dead » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:48 am
Feature: Statement in the Case by
Theodora Goss
Genres: Drama
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Sure, I know Istvan Horvath. We met about a year ago before Eva died. That’s my wife, Eva. You knew that? Yah, I figured you were pretty thorough…
Episode Art: Dave Krummenacher
Read by: Aural Spice
First appeared in:
Realms of Fantasy, August 2005
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tbaker2500
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by tbaker2500 » Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:25 am
This story was ok, but kind of hard for me to follow. Who exactly had the cages? What actually happened? Too much inferred, too little stated.
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by normsherman » Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:32 am
tbaker2500 wrote:This story was ok, but kind of hard for me to follow. Who exactly had the cages? What actually happened? Too much inferred, too little stated.
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Hm, it came across pretty clear to me. The main tension in the story rises when the shopkeep's new prissy wife begins bringing back all sorts of treasures and mysterious things from 'the old country' to sell in the shop (this included the bizarre critters alluded to in cages). Rather than face this disgrace and blasphemy, the shopkeeper says he would rather see it all burned to cinders than sullied and pawned off for profit. The investigation (and story) is all about the events that might have caused the burning down of the store and death of the wife. It's also alluded at the end that some of the strange creatures from the old country had possibly escaped.
I dunno, it really worked for me!

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