Chris Cunningham wrote: > the gentle one: "...when each is placed in its own position, the > outline of the secret will be laid bare..." > no idea. refers to the way in which she assembles her fiction, i suppose? > by process of elimination this should be patricia wrede, and that's my > guess, but i have zero confidence in this guess, even after a quick reread > of her story, "ancient curses." Not sure if you were meaning to say this, but it seems to me that the description could be read as saying 'You can only figure this one out by process of elimination. Figure the others first and the remaining piece of the puzzle goes here.' Bravo. You convinced me on all counts. Casey