I ask the reader's pardon for a little pawky humor, but really, there are times when one must make a stand. I am holding a post from my most recent dissatisfied interlocutor, who is steadfastly insisting that I am things which primary sources, as the scholars say, do not substantiate:
- Republican;
- Plural;
- "Elitist,"
- in cahoots with the police;
- "out to make Arlington a country club,"
- out to eliminate "liberals, affordable housing, poor people, minorities," and "social activists who refused to conform;"
- malicious (I will admit to mischievous).
Yet Ms. Puce (as we shall call him or her), who asserts all these things so repeatedly and stridently, refuses to answer a few trivia questions which would demonstrate at least some familiarity with my small pulp romps and undermine her queer claims. I fling the gauntlet down to you, Ms. Puce, I fling it. Answer my questions, or I will assume that you are some sort of cybernetic drone, a la Star Trek, programmed only to repeat a roster of peculiar accusations.
(1) What is on the floppy disk that arrives at the Spectator office, and why does Smitty wonder if it could be a motive for murder?
(2) Smitty spends Chapter 9 of Murder Across the Board in conversation with two positive, resourceful characters. What are their respective ethnic groups?
(3) The baseball stadium is considered a negative in Murder out of the Ballpark because it will destroy A. A lovely view of the monuments from a posh high rise; B. One of the last modest-priced housing co-ops in Arlington.
(4) And, for a bonus: Which Department of the Arlington Government is decried as "corrupt from the top down, or incompetent from the inside out"? (Hint: Chapter 11, page 102 of Murder Across the Board.)
Posts repeating the old accusations will be held in Limbo until the answers arrive.
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Oh, Ms. Puce. Are you so reluctant to actually read my novels? I cannot but think the latest specific asseveration that I am a Log Cabin Republican (how quaint!) arrived hot from your jittering keyboard. Can I not tempt you just a tiny bit? My books are exposed for public purchase on the Internet and, I am reliably informed, available in the Arlington branch libraries. Until I receive responses to my quiz, all these rancorous assertions about my identity will go to Limbo.
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