The Dead Are Way More Organized Than

I Remember Vividly What It's Like To Read As A 10-year-old - That Passionate Inhabiting Of A Book.

I'm A Science Fiction And Fantasy Geek.

Someone Came In All Starfleet Badges Today. Not On My Shift, Sadly.' 'fascist,' Leon Had Said. 'why Are You So Prejudiced Against Nerds?' 'please,' Billy Said. 'that Would Be A Bit Self-hating, Wouldn't It?' 'yeah, But You Pass. You're Like, You're In Deep Cover,' Leon Said. 'you Can Sneak Out Of The Nerd Ghetto And Hide The Badge And Bring Back Food And Clothes And Word Of The Outside World.

We Would Never Call Inexplicable Little Insights Hunches, For Fear Of Drawing The Universe's Attention. But They Happened, And You Knew You Had Been In The Proximity Of One That Had Come Through If You Saw A Detective Kiss His Or Her Fingers And Touch His Or Her Chest Where A Pendant To Warsha, Patron Saint Of Inexplicable Inspirations, Would, Theoretically, Hang.

A Lot Of Geeks Are Pale, Bespectacled, Wear Dark Clothing And Don't Get Out Much - The Stereotype Exists Because It Is Very Often True. I Could Pass For A Non-geek But It Would Be Inaccurate.