The ladies of Crooked Lake, Indiana hatched a plan they thought would shame their husbands into stop playing cards so often and stay home more but instead instigated a melee never seen before in that quiet town.

My daughter is the crowning glory of my life’s achievements so far. To honor my love for her and to put a tiara on my Tiara, so to speak, here is a laudation to that day she came and stole my heart.

An allegory short story. A rich queen of the 17th Century wants to go into a Sacred Kingdom to meet the king who claims to be the King of all Kings. But there is only a very small gap in the wall through which to enter.