The Starting Gate Affair
Jul. 31st, 2012 05:25 pmTitle: The Starting Gate Affair
Author: glennagirl
Genre: Gen
I know some people cringe at a serialized story, (and I'm calling it that rather than Work In Progress). Serials are a time honored tradition, something that has endured in publications like the Saturday Evening Post. I believe we support something that is an important cultural and literary entity. Mostly I just like doing it this way. Carry on...
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The Starting Gate Affair
“You want me to do what, sir? I must have misunderstood…”
Alexander Waverly stared down the length of his unlit pipe before raising his eyes beneath nearly stationery brows to glare at the young man before him. He couldn’t remember Mr. Kuryakin ever raising a question about his assignments previously. Probably an indication of the years ahead, he mused silently.
“You heard me, Mr. Kuryakin. And you as well, Mr. Solo. I want … it is necessary for you, Mr. Kuryakin, to lose weight for your next assignment.”
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