Of course, luckily for all of us, fate seems to favor Foo.įoo the place between the possible and the impossible is a realm inside the minds of each of us that allows mankind the power to hope and imagine and dream. It is a tremendous glimpse into the mind and life of Leven’s faithful friend Clover. There are many things about Foo and the sycophants that can be gleaned from it. The best I can figure is that sometime during Clover’s stay in Reality it fell from his void, or perhaps he was looking at it on the prairie and foolishly left it behind. I have studied the book for many months now. Terry had no idea what he had found or what he was selling. I flew to Oklahoma and happily bought the book from him for thirty dollars and the silver watch I was wearing. You tell me what you’ll pay for it and we might have a deal. I personally discovered it while picking up the pieces of the singlewide I still owe on. Found on the Oklahoma prairie not far from where our house was demolished. Written by Foo, or a professor, or a sycophant, whoever that is. His ad read: Old dumb book wife thinks it’s worth something. So it was with some concern and yet great excitement that I contacted him after seeing what he had posted for sale on eBay.

He is despicable, mean, cruel, and on the occasions when I have had the misfortune of being near him smelly. There was that one fellow with the long, sharp knife, and that tall woman with the beyond bad attitude, and of course all those who fight against Foo, but for the most part I find people agreeable. Professor Winsnicker’s Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-Mannered SycophantsįOR FANS OF LEVEN THUMPS I have met very few people I didn’t like. And we think some people will soon believe in Foo.

We understand that there are those who might think Obert is, well, unbalanced, but we at Shadow Mountain think he’s just misunderstood. We were more than happy to oblige and publish his fictional story. He had also come to the realization that the tale simply needed to be told and that if we weren’t wise enough to see the truth, and insisted on calling it fiction, so be it. He looked tired and worn, as if he had been across the world and back. The story stayed with us, and the marvelous idea of Foo was one we could not shake. Needless to say, Obert was offended and left as quickly as he could gather his things. We then suggested a series of children’s fantasy novels beginning with, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo. We were in awe at the idea but told Obert we saw the story as fiction, not reality. He showed us the pages of his work and objects that he felt proved Foo’s existence. He told us the story of Foo and of the gateway and of Leven, claiming it was a real place whose story had real consequences. We looked up and there he was standing against the wall and smiling.

Obert Skye slipped into our building Shadow Mountain Publishing like a shadow.

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