NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER, Continued

January, 2010

The Towns of WALES, HOLLAND, and AURORA, ERIE COUNTY, NY

"Oh, sure, great, insects," said Lys, still watching me. "You know something else? These guys had something sharp and bony growing in their upper throats, right around the back of the tongue. It was sort of a beak like on an octopus. Like a bolt-cutter at the front end of a conveyor belt. One had it a lot worse than the other. I don't think he could have ...