THE ADVENTURES OF HERMAN UTIX

[Zlatko Waterman]

EPISODE SEVEN !!



opening note:

Professor Herman Utix, Professor Pleni Gudinski and Professor Doremus Felsteiner ( currently in cruel captivity) all extend their congratulations to the new Congress of the United States of America.

To find its true location, follow the recipe of John Lennon and Paul McCartney:

Turn left at Greenland.

THE STORY SO FAR:

Felsteiner's amanuensis, Li-Li, leads Gudinski and Utix to the Errorist cave on Mount Meening. Meanwhile, His High Effectiveness, Shurhava-bin-Haydn, prepares to fly into town for some necessities.

Our rescuers arrive at the treacherous cavern, and . . . ( music . . .)

















TO BE CONTINUED . . .

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[Zlatko Waterman]

It's part of an I Ching pentagram for "good fortune" . . .

--Z

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EPISODE EIGHT !!

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A mysterious stranger appeared in the corner of the last episode, and shouted an imprecation to our trio.

But now the trio swells to a quartet ( just like Mozart intended in THE BARBER OF SEVILLE), and the concealed personage is revealed.

Bifourkos Panadides, brilliant inventor, linguist, hermeneutical exegete and Olympic pole vaulter ( he was only a silver medalist in the hammer throw so that should be omitted . . .) and generally trustworthy ex-grad student of Herman Utix, has materialized to get our heroes out of a scrape, and rescue their pal too.

The action resumes a second after the shout in episode seven . . .

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[Zlatko Waterman]

Thanks for your comments, ST.

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Author's note: HU's moustache has dried out in the high mountain air and gotten a bit spiky. At lower altitudes, it will resume its customary pedantic silkiness.

Thanks for noticing.

--Z

[LitPark]

Enjoyed this!

[Zlatko Waterman]

EPISODE NINE . . .

Our erstwhile adventurers, now joined by BIFF ( Bifourkos Panadides), see their means of escape-- Biff's highly experimental aircraft/submarine, THE CLAW . . .

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[Zlatko Waterman]

EPISODE TEN . . .

A THREAT FROM THE SKIES!

As Biff unfolds the details of his marvelous craft, "The Claw", Tengron and Brynuss, who along with Yazoo and Pornak comprise part of the gang who serve The Holy One, Shurhava ben Haydn, spot the remarkable airship from the helicopter.

Their first thought is destruction-- the crooked path of all Errorists.


Errorists, as we know, never think of a "faith-based stable democracy" with SUVs and hotdogs for all, but only of an ascetic society where men cannot wear leopard briefs and use viagra-- and women are deprived of the freedom to vote and wear gold lamay pedal-pushers . . .

On with the story!
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EPISODE 11


The origin of Biff's super-secret craft, THE CLAW, is about to be revealed . . .

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[LitPark]

I'm loving this series. For some reason I can't always post, but want you to know I'm reading along.

[Zlatko Waterman]

Thanks SH and StillTruckin', for your comments. They mean a lot and make me motived to push the series forward.

There are more than 1500 hits ( views) here, but relatively few comments. You both know how artists thrive on praise-- or even boos.

Merry Christmas to the two of you.

--Z
(N on its side . . .)