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Interesting. I'm still not clear on why two different names in two different countries, if it was legally changed in Tasmania, wouldn't all of his paperwork and passport be as Mitchell Grant? Some of the other stuff is clearer, however.

Wow. Just -- wow. I am glad you are not trying to write a horror thriller, @Geron Kees. I don't know if my heart and blood pressure could take it. Fantastic chapter. I an think of several questions and observations regarding the alternate lower layer possibilities this story and chapter invoke, but will hold them for now. I can wait for a day or ten to better formulate them, and they might be answered in the next chapter or chapters when posted in a day or two. Very well done.

So, @Geron Kees, I don't see Chapter 7 in the Stats que yet. Does that mean we have to wait another day or two for more of this excellent tale?

I look forward to what Castor shows next.

I am sure it will be answered in a future chapter, but why the secrecy of not telling the schoolmates where he is going? And what first name does Sebastian go by in Tasmania? Mitchell? Mitch? Chell? Amos? Amo? Mos? Grant? Lee? When his name was legally changed, did his mother change her name legally as well? When Catherine introduced herself to Sebastian, she said she was the housekeeper and cook to "Mr. Grantley and his family," implying that his father has a second family now? Good, if somewhat question-raising, start to this story.

@Geron Kees -- How many chapters in this story? Will Chapter 6 wrap it up? Will it be another "continued" like last year's Halloween story? Will they go to the lower layer or to Engris and a spirit dome to track down the man described in this chapter? Enquiring minds would like to know!

I don't recall the door having breasts. After all, "knocker" used to be -- and perhaps still might sometimes be -- a casual or slang term for a protruding female mammary gland.

Nah. I am old enough to have seen many of those as first run shows.

Doesn't Honest Harbondors' have a branch on Lyrgris, too? So, I'm guessing Kip, Adrian, Rick, Horace and Uncle Bob have interstellar communicators, then. Is Kip's teleportation the same as Bob's, or jus similar? We KNOW Auggie's is different. As always, ANY of my ideas you can use, @Geron Kees, you are freely authorized to use them in any way you wish.

I am wondering if Dick Sternman is a witch? It sounds like the guys are not too worried about appearing at his place or very close by. I am also wondering if Adrian can do reverse lightning -- making lightning come to him, instead of originating it between two visualized points. If so, he might be able to suck power out of something threatening him or others with him. Third, would Kippy be able to teleport between dimensions/alternate earths? Perhaps the earth where Espero originated, or the world where Costel and the Professor are? Will he learn to read the elf guidebook? Have the guys thought about talking to Chirka about this? Maybe Jeremiah Hawkins might have some ideas! Or Bobby Felson, with his compressed time experiences, might be able to sense something about the leafy appearing man? I am really enjoying this, @Geron Kees. Maybe the guys need to contact Erma the elf Listener from "Do the Stars Have Hearts, Charlie Boone?" Perhaps Erma and Neelie could team up and find out what Leafy wants!

Good point, @drpaladin. My bad.

When you said Jethro, my thought was -- Jethro Tull, or Jethro Clampett? After all, Jethro Tull was the English agriculturalist who invented the seed drill, and eventually a name adopted by the 1960s rock group.

Reminds me of a few years ago, when another author used a term I was not familiar with. I searched Google -- nothing. Use Bing -- found references! The author was trying to make up a term, and when I contacted him, he was shocked that Bing had something almost exactly like what he was trying to make up! Next thing we know, Adrian or Kippy will start teleporting. Something from a few stories back -- we know Rick and Charlie can contact each other via telepathy or skwish. (See -- Elementary, My Dear Charlie Boone!) Can Kippy or Adrian contact Rick without Charlie in the link, or contact Charlie without Rick in the link? And do all four of the guys -- plus maybe Horace -- have interstellar communicators, or just Charlie? I am guessing all of them do.

Makes me wonder if the house shows up on Google Earth.

Oops. Sorry about double comment.

Ah-- so Mildred is on the proverbial edge of the proverbial coin? Or a different coin entirely?

Ah-- so Mildred is on the proverbial edge of the proverbial coin?

Fascinating. Sounds like it might be time for Robin Hood to get involved. After all, he has the power of negative light and shield regarding skwish. Perhaps he could detect more about Mildred. Sounds like Mildred may also be on the opposite side of the proverbial skwish coin. After all, Charlie and Ricky are. Mildred may be in another sector of the reverse side of the proverbial skwish coin. (Charlie's split- presence/second presence is first explained in "It Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist, Charlie Boone!)

Love your enthusiasm, @James Baxter. I think we are in for a ride. I am wondering if Charlie's second presence might be a help in finding out some of this. I can think of lots of possibilities for this story, from alternate earth/earthlike planet visitors to strange creatures we have not yet learned about to Irish spirits to an earth version of a foobear.

Well, if there is "nothing there," sounds like they need to get Keerby involved, or Ragal and Casper and Durapar. After all, Keerby seems like the resident expert on alternate dimensions, while Horace and Ragal and Casper working with him can sense almost anything. If they stay with Annie, Horace could play the piano for the dimensional residents of her home, and perhaps Annie's skwish would wake enough to see them. (If not this Halloween, perhaps a future one.) This story has tremendous potential, @Geron Kees. Since you live in the Eastern US time zone, it was Halloween when you posted it. Thanks! Oh, forgot to mention -- since radio and television frequencies sometime have harmonics which manifest in interesting ways, perhaps there are harmonics with the Tesla device at Annie's which manifest at Ms. Tull's home? (If you don't know what I refer to, read -- "Every Boy Should Face His Demons, Charlie Boone!")

Update on AwesomeDude dot com: John (author Alien Son) has updated this link with some encouraging information: Read through ALL the posts in that thread for the latest news, much of it quite encouraging. https://forums.awesomedude.com/topic/72248-what-does-the-future-hold-for-awesomedude/

So when is your new line of punch coming out, @Geron Kees? Should I be looking for "Geron's Great Gulp of Goodness Punch," or "Geron's Green Goodness Punch," or some other alliteration, such as "Geron's Powerful Punch?"

Interesting chapter. Sounds like Coop is going to have trouble with Pete.

These three chapters and intriguing, intelligently invented, enlightening, and fun, all at the same time. The main characters interest, explain, and involve our imaginations as we enjoy Aaron's imagination which created these three chapters. I would give this set of stories more than five stars if the system would let me -- they are that good. Hope especially to see Jared, Horacio, Symanthus, Zaltho, Silyn, and even Frederick the taxi driver again.

Enjoyed these three chapters greatly! I spotted Horacio having been working for Oceanic -- I notice he called it Oceanic in one place and Dub-O in another. I hope, as I slowly read through your stories already published, I run across more of this universe. If I didn't have so many responsibilities IRL (In Real Life), I could probably catch up in two or three weeks. Glad I discovered you as an author.