Shake up Rattles Literary Staff
Apollo Screed, Managing Director of the Druidical & Literary, has announced a staff shakeup. Mr. Screed is focusing his wrath on the Arts section of the online magazine so popular in Costa Rica. After banning spandex in the Newsroom ( there was an unfortunate trend in stretch materials) Screed announced that book reviewer Prinz Gaspar of Moldavia will lose his parking privileges “unless or until the dreadful trend in fiction is corrected.” Prinz Gaspar, a fan of manga, has dithered on a repeated basis, failing to deliver his reviews on time for several months. “He’s devoting too much time to his experiments with spandex,” said an unnamed source. Residents of Wellington Leg were appalled to discover that the Sundial in Mad Hatter Park is made of the stuff.
Hizzoner and cronies dropped in at Eddie’s Book Nook where Prinz Gaspar is employed as a barista. “There was pushing and shoving,” Eddie said. “I think they were playing touch football in the Spirituality section.” Hizzoner broke open on a go pattern before colliding with a cardboard likeness of Doctor Phil. “He was open,” said a spokesperson for the mayor, “there was plenty of separation.”
At the Metroplex ticket sales for “The Black Dahlia,” were brisk. Waltraut Frothingmunster, chair of the James Ellroy fan club, enjoyed the film along with 104 ounces of Diet Doctor Pepper. Some customers were disappointed according to Manager Ed Lebowsky. “They thought the movie was about flowers,” he said. “Don’t they read the reviews in the Druidical & Literary?”