“You’re going to Bean-Tek?” asked Nola. “What in the world can you do, once you get there?” “I don’t know yet,” replied Bea. “Make sure the kids are safe…jam the koo-bar machines! I’ll think of something!” Bea scanned the streetscape. Students were now emptying out of the Mervin Frostly Science building behind them, and with […]
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Chapter 14
Bea picked herself up from the sidewalk, and brushed the snow off her jeans. “So guys, what do you think? I’m going in through the roof,” she said, motioning toward Bob, who was neatly folding his wings into a more settled posture. “It does appear to be anatomically feasible,” said Nola. “He reminds me a […]
Chapter 15
This was the first time Bob had ever tried to land, and he did it with a few extra fumbling steps that pitched Odin off his back and left Bea clinging fiercely to his mane. But once foot-sure, he gave a self-satisfied snort and looked at Bea as if wondering whether she were ready to […]
Chapter 16
Bea surmised that Bean-Tek assigned its more absent-minded scientific types to the greenhouse and plant cultivation level of the building, because she and Odin found they were able to stroll down the corridor outside the greenhouse with nothing more than a slightly purposeful air about them, and no one paid them any attention. But this […]
Chapter 17
“I guess,” said Gordy, “one little shot is a small price to pay for a lifetime supply of Koo-Bars.” “No!” Bea interjected, as quietly as she could to avoid attracting attention. “No shots! It’s Ugh! It’s ‘UN growth hormone!’” “You talk to him Kitty,” suggested Odin. “After all, this is chemistry…or, I guess, biochemistry. That […]
Chapter 18
It was on an unseasonably mild November day that a crew of landscapers took jackhammers to the concrete sidewalks surrounding 2151 Glummer Place, former headquarters of Bean-Tek Industries, and turned them into rubble. Bea looked up at Mola Peggi, who was standing beside her in a cold weather edition of the classic Waddongan shimmering fish-skin […]
BEA AND THE SMART KIDS
BREAKFAST OF SCALLYWAGS
HUNTING THE ROSE
THE LEGEND OF LOGJAM