Pseudonymous Bosch's Blog, page 23
November 17, 2011
YOU HAVE TO HIDE
Agent CC sends us this note and picture:
5th book in disguise. The Midnight Sun will never find it now!
Thanks!
-Quiche
November 16, 2011
Can you keep a secret?
This note and image comes in from Agent AR:
I have repeatedly tried to warn my friends about people with gloves. Some looked at me like I was crazy, and some thought I was referring to witches. Well, either way it's bad--witches eat children.
Just reporting for duty.
-The One Who Absolutely Did Not Draw the Kids Who Knew About the Secret
I mean,
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November 15, 2011
Smile
Dentists ... they wear white gloves. Suspicious. Possibly in cahoots with the Midnight Sun?
That smile hides a world of fear. Remember to brush and remain vigilant!
-Quiche
November 13, 2011
Secrets in disguise
This urgent message was sent in to us:
I was in someone's house and i see this!!!!! Shocking I got to take this picture before a woman with white gloves snatched it away!!!!!!!
-Quiche
November 12, 2011
Makes a lot of sense
This email came in:
Dear Pseudonymous Bosch,
I am writing to inform you of a common misunderstanding regarding the senses. I have been reading your books since I was in fourth grade (now in ninth grade) and still enjoy them just as much as I ever have. however, I thought that you might like to know that there are actually nine known senses belonging to humans, not five.
These senses are:
1. Hearing
2. Seeing
3. Taste
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November 11, 2011
LOOK OUT, CHARLESTON!!!
SAT, NOV 12 - CHARLESTON, SC - Charleston Young Adult Book Festival
10AM - American Theater, 446 King St. (Ballroom)- panel with Lisa Brown and Adele Griffin (Picture the Dead) and Kaleb Nation (Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse) Moderator: Katie Crouch (The Magnolia League)
1PM - Courtyard Stage at Blue Bicycle Books - PB vs PB - Pseudonymous Bosch interviews himself
word of the day
The Wordnik Word of the Day for November 11, 2011 is
aibohphobia
http://www.wordnik.com/words/aibohphobia
(noun) An irrational fear of palindromes.
The first half of 'aibohphobia' is a palindrome of 'phobia.' The entire word is also a palindrome.
Example:
"He will list a phobia only if it can be found in a medical reference, which is why many of those submitted -- like the frequently proffered aibohphobia, the fear of palindromes -- fail to make the cut."
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reminder
Just a friendly reminder: Please avoid book five. No secrets in there. None! None whatsoever. Trust us.
Secret free zone:
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November 10, 2011
word of the day - a word familiar to the Bergamo Brothers
The Wordnik Word of the Day for November 10, 2011 is
fantoccini
http://www.wordnik.com/words/fantoccini
(noun) Puppets which are made to go through evolutions by means of concealed wires or strings.
(noun) Dramatic representations in which puppets are substituted for human performers.
'Fantoccini' is Italian in origin, and comes from 'fante,' child.
Example:
"The rhyme was a common street-song which every lad in Milan, the city of puppet-shows, would reRead More...
November 7, 2011
Secret Meeting - Part IV
TERCES SOCIETY - TO THE RESCUE!
But first they get menaced by the Midnight Sun as an unconscious Pseudonymous hangs in a cage.
They gloat!
But what was all that training for? For this:
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