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	<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip</title>
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		<title>There Will Be Slugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our front lawn persists in being a battlefield.  First there was the city of Mountain View planting two trees in our yard that we are now required to water and care for (at our expense, in a drought-plagued area where water is expensive, even as we receive Mountain View flyers telling us to conserve water), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/06/09/slugs/</link>
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		<title>Recurring Nightmare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have this recurring nightmare where I&#8217;m being chased.  I keep trying to run faster, but the ground has turned to mud, deepening, up to my knees now, and I can hear them, all these people chasing me, their heavy breathing and angry shouts as they close in, and then suddenly I cross the finish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/06/09/recurring-nightmare/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Lord Kran peered at the woman.  &#8220;Are you the daughter of God?&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s just say I am the daughter of a man who used to be God.&#8221;  She pulled back her hood and undid her hair, so that it sproinged out into a mad tangle that somehow spelled the truth.
&#8220;She is!&#8221; everyone cried.
&#8220;Then you&#8217;re the logical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/06/07/pulse-kato-whip-60/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 24</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Kato knew something had to be done.  Something drastic.  He climbed from the trench and hurried to the serpent&#8217;s side.
&#8220;Let me take your place,&#8221; he said, shivering with the absurdity of the idea.
The serpent crimped its neck and assured him with scaly images that it was fine, just pretending to be otherwise.  Kato didn&#8217;t buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/05/30/pulse-kato-whip-24/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Kato descended on foot with the minions, listening to their complaints about sand in their shoes, sun in their eyes, the stench of the sea.  At least they didn&#8217;t complain about their loads anymore, having discarded (much to Kato&#8217;s dismay) most of what they carried on the journey out.  Hunched under the full load of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/05/23/pulse-kato-whip-23/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
&#8220;Look, Kato!  A kitten!&#8221;
It was a big-eyed tabby less than a month old.  Lady Dusk scooped it up and hugged it tight to her breast.  &#8220;He likes me, Kato.  I can tell.&#8221;
Indeed, the kitten had begun to purr.  Then quite suddenly it vanished down the front of her gown.
&#8220;Oh dear,&#8221; she said.  &#8220;He&#8217;s slipped inside.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/05/16/pulse-kato-whip-22/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
&#8220;Do you have a name?&#8221;
&#8220;Kato.  Kato Whip.&#8221;  It occurred to him to ask the same.  &#8220;And you?&#8221;
&#8220;The Diaphanous Woman.&#8221;
He slapped himself hard.  He did so again.  She still stood before him, moonlit and leaf-dappled.
&#8220;That must hurt,&#8221; she remarked.
He nodded, his cheek afire.  &#8220;Your name&#8211;  It&#8217;s a nice name.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s very peculiar, I think, and I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/05/09/pulse-kato-whip-21/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
Kato pressed closer to the grated window and peeked within.  There was the bed all right, moonlit through the massive hole in the roof.  And now he could make out two forms in the bed, one to the right and all twisted up, the other to the left and even more pretzeled.  Good heavens!  Were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/05/02/pulse-kato-whip-20/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
&#8220;Run your fingers through my hair, Kato,&#8221; the daughter of God said.
That seemed patently impossible.  Nonetheless he gave it a try.  His fingers snagged immediately, which drew a snicker from Lady Dusk.  &#8220;I can&#8217;t!&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Try harder.&#8221;
With misgivings he tugged harder, feeling the daughter of God&#8217;s head jerk.  He was bound to pull out some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/04/25/pulse-kato-whip-19/</link>
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		<title>The Pulse of Kato Whip: 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt:
In the distance, Lord Kran delivered one toast after another, each taking the form of a poem.  He honored his wife &#8212; or wife-to-be &#8212; all those in attendance, the food and drink, the castle, the kingdom, expanding ever outward to cover everything imaginable.
&#8220;To the enemy!&#8221; Lord Kran now shouted, launching into a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://garywshockley.com/2010/04/19/pulse-kato-whip-18/</link>
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