We were special and we knew it, the six of us. We’d been selected to participate in a Revolutionary Educational Experiment,…
W. S. Coleman
Illustrations by W. S. Coleman from British Birds' Eggs and Nests, Popularly Described by Rev. J. C. Atkinson, author of Walks and Talks, and Play Hours and Half Holidays. [George Routledge and Son, London, 1870.] For more, see the Biodiversity Library at www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54531#page/7/mode/1up.

Ten things I would have taken to the grave, had I not written them down here
Supposedly impregnable, the HMS Talent was freshly docked at a certain European landing stage. The crowds were marshalled, flags flew, a band was playing.

Stakanchik
There’s a new man behind the checkout counter at the “Royal Bazar.” He has a large tattoo covering his shaved head and tapering off down the back of his neck.