"I don't know, little buddy," Sam frowned as he drew his gun. "This town looks pleasant enough, but when the sun goes down, the seedy underbelly comes out to cause mayhem."

"Oooh! I like seedy underbellies," Max said. "Poppy seeds?"

"Occasionally watermelons," Sam said. "You get past that husk, and there are seeds everywhere."I don't think it ( Read more... )

The office of Sam and Max, Freelance Police, was empty. Completely empty ( Read more... )

How lame was it to be stuck at work while there was an excellent game going on in the park? Murdock arrived a bit late (or maybe a wee more than just a bit) having stopped to check the game out ( Read more... )

The pollen in the air was affecting everyone on the island, and Max was no exception. Except for the fact that Max's brain wasn't exactly wired the same way normal people's were. Or the same way ANYONE else's was. In fact, he was pretty much completely incapable of feeling sexual attraction (which everyone can breathe a huge sigh of relief at ( Read more... )

Max peered out the window at all the ruckus down below. Or was it a fracas? At any rate, it involved large, scaly reptiles parading through the streets.

"Hey, Sam?" he called. "C'mere a sec and take a look at this! These saps have been tanning on the beach so long that their skin has become all rough and lizard-like!"

It was just the sort of evening that usually began with a disclaimer about strong personal convictions regarding a belief in the occult before fading serenely into darkness and the sound of frogs croaking pleasantly in the background.

It was also just the sort of evening that, by some twist of fate, would see a scary man in a skirt young woman in ( Read more... )

Max was amusing himself by tossing a rubber ball at the severed hand of Jesse James, which was mounted above their closet door. One of these times, it would land just right and it would look like the hand had caught it. That would be pretty funny ( Read more... )

"Sam!" Max announced imperiously. "I have devised a foolproof plan for taking over the world!" No, he didn't ask if Sam wanted to hear. He was considerate like that ( Read more... )

Max kicked back on the sofa, picking his teeth with the front sight of his (loaded, with the safety off) Luger. "Ahhh, it's so wonderful to be such a petty, small-minded person," he sighed. "I'm convinced I'm so much better than everyone else, and I'd never change my mind about that no matter HOW much evidence you threw at me." He rolled onto ( Read more... )

"OOOH! Snow! SNOW ( Read more... )