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The Case of the Mysterious Bite

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Eric

“Thank you for seeing me on such short notice, Dr. Walton,” said Thaddeus Dresden, local taxidermist, “I know how busy you are with that Shamrock O’Malley fellow.”

I sighed, “Yes, he certainly keeps me on my toes.”

“I thoroughly enjoy the accounts of your exploits in the Shillingsaver.”

“What seems to be the problem, my good man?” I said, wishing to change the subject.

“I was bitten rather badly, by a large man. Strangest thing if I do say so myself.”

At that moment O’Malley burst into my office, “What malady had this attacker? Lycanthropy? Hyde’s Disease?”

“Shamrock, please,” I said.

To be continued…

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The Case of the Fourth Wall

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton, The Case of Zombie O’Malley, The Case of the Gypsy Amulet, The Case of the Magician, The Case of Another Detour, The Case of the Anachronistic Quote, and The Case of Science.
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Shamrock O’Malley and I sat in our study, as we often had before.

“Like old times,” I reminisced.

“Indeed,” Shamrock noted, “Except for the convoluted way in which I somehow came back to life. I dare say if this were a story and not real life, I would say the author of our tale wasn’t really trying.”

“In any case,” I said, “things are back to normal.”

“Quite right,” Shamrock agreed but not for long, “though if the events of today would foreshadow anything, it would be that our new adventures just won’t have the spark they had before I died.”

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The Case of Science

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton, The Case of Zombie O’Malley, The Case of the Gypsy Amulet, The Case of the Magician, The Case of Another Detour, and The Case of the Anachronistic Quote.
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Meriwether O’Malley did not acknowledge us as we entered his study. He was huddled over beakers of various colored liquids.

“Dear brother,” my zombified friend, the late Shamrock O’Malley said.

Meriwether coughed and continued to stand over his chemistry set.

Shamrock and I shared glances. Shamrock’s left eye fell out of its socket as we did.

“Dear brother,” Shamrock tried again, “I am in need of the miraculous powers of science to free me of this gypsy curse!”

Meriwether looked up slowly. “De-zombifying Chamber on the left,” he said.

“Well, that’s rather a convenient development,” I proclaimed.

“It’s SCIENCE!” Meriwether shouted.

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The Case of the Anachronistic Quote

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton, The Case of Zombie O’Malley, The Case of the Gypsy Amulet, The Case of the Magician, and The Case of Another Detour.
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“My brother Meriwether heads the Academy of Science,” Zombie Shamrock O’Malley was beating himself up (and bits of him were flying everywhere), “It’s so obvious! Why hadn’t I thought of it before?”

“Perhaps it’s because you lack a quarter of your brain,” I observed through his skull.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, my dear Doctor Walton,” O’Malley explained to me, “Therefore; it should be a simple process to reverse the gypsy magic that turned me into a zombie with one of my brother’s technologies.”

I momentarily dreamed of the bygone days when I would have called this ridiculous.

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The Case of Another Detour

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton, The Case of Zombie O’Malley, The Case of the Gypsy Amulet, and The Case of the Magician.
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“I’m sorry,” Edward Hilton said, “but my magic tricks are beyond countering gypsy magic.”

“Another dead end,” the zombified remains of Shamrock O’Malley cried, “Excuse the pun, dear Walton.”

“Well what do we do now?” I said with an exasperated sigh.

“If I may,” Edward said, “the proper way to counter-act magic spells would be to seek the opposite of magic, yes?”

“Of course!” O’Malley snapped his fingers two different ways. “The opposite of magic is technology. To the Academy of Science!”

I sighed again as we were off yet to another location, and Shamrock’s body parts were barely holding together.

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The Case of the Magician

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton, The Case of Zombie O’Malley and The Case of the Gypsy Amulet.
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The Case of the Magician“What are we doing out here, Shamrock?” I asked.

“Edward Hilton is the most astounding magician that I have ever known,” my zombie friend said, “If anyone can cure me of my current condition, it is this man.”

A small malnourished man opened the door after unlocking three bolts, “Why ‘ello, Shamrock! It’s been a while!” Edward took hold of Shamrock’s hand and shook it off. “A really long while,” Edward mused.

“You dabble in the dark magical arts then, Edward?” I asked.

“Card tricks,” he admitted.

“What?” I stammered.

“Oh, but Walton, they’re very good card tricks!” Shamrock assured me.

To be continued…

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The Case of the Gypsy Amulet

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Eric

Continued from The Case of Doctor Walton and The Case of Zombie O’Malley.
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The Case of the Gypsy AmuletI draped my overcoat over my zombified friend, Shamrock O’Malley, and we quickly stole away to my residence, stopping only twice to recover various pieces that fell away from his rotting frame.

“It occurs to me,” he said after we had reclined in my study (and I had draped a towel over his chair), “my resurrection stems from a magical amulet that I won off a gypsy woman in a game of chance.”

“So we find the gypsy to restore your flesh anew,” I said.

“That’s absurd, Walton! No, we need something more potent than an itinerant gypsy magic for this!”

To be continued…

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The Case of Zombie O’Malley

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Eric

“I say, my dear Walton, what are you doing?”

The voice was familiar, though a bit more gravelly than I remembered. I turned around to find a half-decomposed Irishman whom I recognized as my deceased colleague, Shamrock O’Malley. “My goodness, what has happened to you, Shamrock?” I blurted out.

“Isn’t it obvious, Walton? I have risen from the dead through unnatural (most likely magical) means.”

“B-but that’s impossible!”

“How long have you been with me, Walton, and you still don’t—” Shamrock’s jawbone detached from his skull. He sighed and reattached it, “Quite an inconvenience being of the living dead.”

I shuddered.

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The Case of Doctor Walton

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Eric

Three years had passed since untimely end of my friend Shamrock O’Malley. Even with the passage of time, the void that he left could not be filled.

I had misplaced my favorite bowler, and it occurred to me Shamrock would have implicated elves or mechanical rats powered by steam or some such nonsense. The thought of Shamrock’s profound propensity to come up with the most convoluted explanations for the simplest of problems made me smile.

I visited Shamrock’s grave that day. Emotions welled up in me and I fell to my knees.

“I say, my dear Walton, what are you doing?”

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The Case of the Death of Shamrock O’Malley- Finale

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Eric

Continued from “The Case of the Death of Shamrock O’Malley” Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Shamrock O’Malley pounced on the clock-timer device, and Professor Montgomery grabbed for it as well. Their struggle knocked them all about Montgomery’s office.

“Shamrock, watch out for the window!” I cried, but too late. Shamrock and Montgomery fell out the open window and onto the street below with a spine-chilling crack. I hurried to the street below finding both men beyond hope. The device was also smashed to bits.

The Netherlands was never destroyed by a giant-space-laser. I don’t know for certain if it ever existed, but for my friend, the late Shamrock O’Malley, I will believe it was the case.

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