Maybe you, too, read the short story “The Lady or the Tiger”, by Frank Stockton, in middle or high school. If you didn’t, read it now, because I’m going to spoil it in the next paragraph.
Actual ramblings this week. You’ve been warned. You know the “magician” episode of any show that claims it deals with science vs. superstition? The one where the main characters for whatever reason encounter a professional magician? And somehow, the character who’s always right (can be either Reason or Faith, depending…
Have you ever read a book that entranced you until the very last chapter, when the ending reared up like a brick wall in your face?
You know why I’d make an awful evil villain? Because, when I get really angry, I start to cry and shake. What an awful climactic confrontation scene that would be: imagine, Harry Potter flings off his Invisibility Cloak – Indiana Jones swings down from above and lands between me and…