Went to buy tickets for my local theatre’s semiannual showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show only to find they’d sold out even earlier than usual. I assume the run on tickets was a response to Tim Curry’s death this past summer. Which is sweet, I guess, but very annoying for me personally.
New Novelette: “The Safecrackers’ Take”
When the young Beddington twins rob a tanning salon in east London, the last thing they expect to find there is ₤500,000 in illicit cash. Desperate to return the money before someone comes looking for it, they enlist the help of Jay Moriarty and his partner, Sebastian Moran.
The good news: Moriarty has figured out who the money belongs to. The bad news: it belongs to a pair of corrupt police officers. And they don’t just want the money back — they want the Beddingtons, and anyone else who came in contact with them, silenced.
“The Safecrackers’ Take” is the twelfth story in my series The Casefile of Jay Moriarty, a modern-day queer take on the iconic Sherlock Holmes villain, his partner Sebastian Moran, and the various crimes they commit together.
I’m a sucker for the kind of crime story where the criminals realize they’ve succeeded too well, and immediately recognize that as a problem. Plus, it’s fun when hypercompetent characters have to deal with unruly teenagers.
This Week’s Links
Alberta’s gopher museum shut down until further notice
The Gopher Hole Museum first opened to the public in 1996, and features Richardson’s ground squirrels dressed in various costumes and arranged in different scenes.
Why so many Steam games have weirdly similar (and forgettable) names
When developers look to other games to name theirs, “The possibility space spirals in on itself, and suddenly everything’s called Rise of the Bonelord: Origins of Dust,” [communications director Hannah Flynn] says.
‘It Is Done. Hail Satan:’ City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
The invocation to Satan in a small town in Iowa is just the latest salvo in a 10-year-long battle over religious freedom of expression in the state.
Planet Zoo 2 is out today. You may not see me for some time.
-K
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