The plans for the wedding were going as well as any interspecies and intercultural event could--right up until they got to the wedding chairs. The idea of sitting at a wedding would signal defeat to the Zalts, and the traditional Indian family of the bride would be horrified at the idea of leaving out such an important part of the tradition. This ( Read more... )

He was a very flamboyant thief, everybody agreed, and it was entirely incomprehensible how he'd managed to not be caught so far. I mean, look at him! Harlequin costume, dangling out of windows, laving behind calling cards--heck, sending calling cards ahead so that owners would know to polish their jewelry properly so that it would soon be on ( Read more... )