On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Jon Carey wrote: > > Hey-- > > I'm totally new to the list, having just read the entire website recommended > in POTD...I am *such* a geek. > > In any event, I'd like to submit that I think Mario is none other than > Paarfi. :P > > Oh, and Steve, if you see this, I shamelessly plug you to all of my friends. > I think you would laugh long and hard at some of the specific instances... > :) Actually, all the characters are Sethra in various incarnations, but at the core Sethra is actually a teenage girl who slipped and fell during her first foray into the world of bondage and as a result slipped into a coma. All the Vlad books are simply an external manifestation of her unconscious ramblings. When she wakes up, it all disappears in a poof of logic. Fortunately, there's a guy with a floopy hat standing by her bedside with a tape recorder and a brick. --Brother Ike