by Henry Clark
And finally, special thanks for the support I receive daily from my daughter, Elyse, and my wife, Kathy. As Tarzan was fond of saying to Jane, “Because you’re mine, I walk the lion.”
Tarzan not being known for his wit.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Chapter 01: An Unexpected Sofa
Chapter 02: Flash Mob
Chapter 03: Hellsboro
Chapter 04: GORLAB vs. Alecto
Chapter 05: The Black Gate Opens
Chapter 06: Reunited Socks
Chapter 07: Doghats
Chapter 08: Chair Eats Bunny
Chapter 09: Kids as Camouflage
Chapter 10: Compulsive Completist Disorder
Chapter 11: The Breaking of the Crayon
Chapter 12: Coal-Dust Pizza
Chapter 13: A Shortcut to Restrooms
Chapter 14: The Anger of the Avatar
Chapter 15: Never Moon a Werewolf
Chapter 16: Double Six
Chapter 17: High-Wire Act
Chapter 18: Riddles After Dark
Chapter 19: Escape from the Cell
Chapter 20: State Fair Omaha
Chapter 21: Auction Lots and Lollipops
Chapter 22: The Lord of the Crayons
Chapter 23: Up a Tree
Chapter 24: No Such Thing as Steering
Chapter 25: I Get Killed
Chapter 26: Death Is No Picnic
Chapter 27: Open Late on Doomsday
Chapter 28: Things With a Mind of Their Own
Acknowledgments
Copyright
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Text copyright © 2013 by Henry Clark
Illustrations copyright © 2013 by Jeremy Holmes
Cover art © 2013 by Jeremy Holmes
Cover design by Sasha Illingworth
Cover © 2013 Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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