> 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.' heh. no, that was purely unintentional, and unnoticed. thanks for pointing it out > Bravo. You convinced me on all counts. > > Casey > >