A Dancing Bear

What if getting the girl meant becoming a terrorist wet boy?On an unnamed university campus late in the 20th century, a young man named Fenton Bland joins a society of student Maoists in order to get near the girl he loves. But the girl

Chapter Thirty - A Dancing Bear 03/30/2007

Chapter Thirty - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Pressed for details on the location of Robert Browning's corpse, Fenton plays dumb. There is just time, before the story closes, for one last bad decision. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16194

Chapter Twenty-Nine - A Dancing Bear 03/29/2007

Chapter Twenty-Nine - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The police call a halt to digging operations in Fenton's backyard. The Sheets of Shame, after extensive examination by the world's foremost analysts of encrusted organic material, are returned to their rightful owner. The mystery of Neville Claude Ag /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16193

Chapter Twenty-Eight - A Dancing Bear 03/28/2007

Chapter Twenty-Eight - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton, packing the untraceable piece, enters the home of Robert Browning. A single shot rings out in the night. Gus broadies cravenly out of Fenton's life. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16192

Chapter Twenty-Seven - A Dancing Bear 03/27/2007

Chapter Twenty-Seven - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Pamela Scratch briefly emerges from hiding to deliver some icky news. Fenton, having dismally failed to win her with lies, at last tries telling Charmaine the truth: about himself, about Gus, about Operation Aggot, and about the impending elimination /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16191

Chapter Twenty-Six - A Dancing Bear 03/26/2007

Chapter Twenty-Six - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The manhunt for Neville Aggot takes a chilling turn. Forensics teams, abetted by at least one cadaver dog, commence excavations in Fenton's backyard. With around twelve hours to go till the elimination of Robert Browning, Gus takes delivery of the un /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16190

Chapter Twenty-Five - A Dancing Bear 03/25/2007

Chapter Twenty-Five - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The morning after the unraveling of Operation Aggot, Fenton surveys the wreckage of his former life. A newspaper recounts Col and Smithy's botched attempt to liquidate the bus driver. A final operation - involving a new victim, a staged suicide and a /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16189

Chapter Twenty-Four - A Dancing Bear 03/24/2007

Chapter Twenty-Four - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Gus and Fenton proceed to the death site. Rain lashes the Kombi. An axe and a meat cleaver gleam in the vehicle's mysterious rear. Gus, who is intoxicated, attempts to enter Lego's two-storey home in spectacular fashion. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16188

Chapter Twenty-Three - A Dancing Bear 03/23/2007

Chapter Twenty-Three - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The identity of Operation Aggot's second victim is revealed. Zero hour approaches. Fenton plays his last card. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16187

Chapter Twenty-Two - A Dancing Bear 03/22/2007

Chapter Twenty-Two - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: On the eve of Operation Aggot, Fenton tries to get a night of really top-notch sleep. But a knock on his door in the dead of night ruins his chances of that, and raises the question: who, with Neville Claude Aggot still at large, would be insane enou /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16186

Chapter Twenty-One - A Dancing Bear 03/21/2007

Chapter Twenty-One - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Gus tweaks Operation Aggot, finding scope for the simultaneous deployment of two two-man death squads. Less than twenty-four hours remain, he reminds us, till showtime. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16185

Chapter Twenty - A Dancing Bear 03/20/2007

Chapter Twenty - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The fame of Ivan Lego bloats, and death threats continue to pour in. Robert Browning, turning detective, sifts through the evidence, and finds that it all points to him: except for the parts that point to Fenton. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16184

Chapter Nineteen - A Dancing Bear 03/19/2007

Chapter Nineteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The Maoists convene at Warren's bedside. The alarming extent of Warren's injuries is revealed. Gus unveils his revised death plot: the ominously named Operation Aggot. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16183

Chapter Eighteen - A Dancing Bear 03/18/2007

Chapter Eighteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Ivan Lego is lauded by journalists, deluged with cash, deemed a sex symbol, wooed by movie producers, and otherwise rewarded for publishing his wordless novel. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16182

Chapter Seventeen - A Dancing Bear 03/17/2007

Chapter Seventeen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Neville Claude Aggot scores a scintillating solo try, then escapes from custody. The state's biggest ever manhunt since the last manhunt for Aggot commences. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16181

Chapter Sixteen - A Dancing Bear 03/15/2007

Chapter Sixteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The date of the bombing is drastically brought forward. The hardware is prepared. Gus quotes Julius Caesar. Fenton retains control of events in the only way he can think of: by volunteering to plant the device. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16180

Chapter Fifteen - A Dancing Bear 03/09/2007

Chapter Fifteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Newspapers report that Ivan "Empty Pages" Lego has received a series of death threats, which may or may not include the very polite sort of semi-threat issued to him by Fenton. Fenton, far from blowing the whistle on Gus's rapidly evolving /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16179

Chapter Fourteen - A Dancing Bear 03/08/2007

Chapter Fourteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Pamela Scratch's most fervent political wish is granted: the most desperate of the TV networks screens "An Hour With Neville Claude Aggot." The show proves the most humiliating PR disaster, at least for the moment, in SNARBY's short history /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16178

Chapter Thirteen - A Dancing Bear 03/07/2007

Chapter Thirteen - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The standoff over the disposal of Streetwise's corpse, which isn't getting any fresher, drags on. Fenton's dick, while featuring in an unconscionable domestic sex act, is almost snapped off at the root. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16177

Chapter Twelve - A Dancing Bear 03/06/2007

Chapter Twelve - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The day of the terrorist barbecue finally arrives. Various methods of liquidating Ivan Lego are brainstormed. Gus laments the decline of the classical bomb. A surprise explosives expert is appointed. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16176

Chapter Eleven - A Dancing Bear 03/05/2007

Chapter Eleven - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton strikes a blow for common decency: he tells Charmaine that her boyfriend's a compiler of death lists. Following a tearful televised plea by the surviving members of the Baker family, SNARBY's campaign to liberate the man who killed the rest of /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16175

Chapter Ten - A Dancing Bear 03/04/2007

Chapter Ten - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Ivan Lego's wordless book receives rave reviews. Robert Browning, having narrowly escaped inclusion on the Maoists' death list, suffers an only marginally better fate. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16174

Chapter Nine - A Dancing Bear 03/03/2007

Chapter Nine - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Some reflections on becoming (maybe) a terrorist. A death in the family. A barbecue, at which the finer points of the Maoist death plot will be brainstormed, is scheduled. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16173

Chapter Eight - A Dancing Bear 03/02/2007

Chapter Eight - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: The Maoists convene to draw up a death list, with alarming results. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16172

Chapter Seven - A Dancing Bear 03/01/2007

Chapter Seven - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: At a fiery televised event, Ivan Lego launches a novel containing no words. A feisty Pamela Scratch, unleashing SNARBY's campaign to liberate Neville Claude Aggot, threatens to steal the show. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16171

Chapter Six - A Dancing Bear 02/28/2007

Chapter Six - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Encountering two key characters, including the girl he yearns for with every particle of his being except his digestive tract, Fenton exhibits disgrace under pressure. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16170

Chapter Five - A Dancing Bear 02/27/2007

Chapter Five - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton takes some sh*t from his housemates and their psychopathic cat. The clearly deranged Gus confirms his commitment to the perpetration of an as-yet-unspecified terrorist atrocity. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16169

Chapter Four - A Dancing Bear 02/26/2007

Chapter Four - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton's minimalist sex life is surveyed, tastefully. We encounter Robert Browning, haggard defender of the Western Canon, ideological nemesis of Ivan Lego. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16168

Chapter Three - A Dancing Bear 02/25/2007

Chapter Three - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton encounters Pamela Scratch, former childhood friend, current fiery radical, joint holder of a terrible secret. He sends her, inadvertently, down a new and possibly lethal political path. The life and crimes of Neville Aggot, multiple murderer, /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16167

Chapter Two - A Dancing Bear 02/24/2007

Chapter Two - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Fenton wrestles with his conscience, defeats it, and resolves to cuckold the Maoist kingpin. The work of Ivan Lego, eminent and impenetrable theorist, is briefly considered. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16166

Chapter One - A Dancing Bear 02/23/2007

Chapter One - A Dancing Bear -In this episode: Our hero, Fenton Bland, impersonates a Maoist. A campaign of revolutionary terror is proposed. A vast obstacle to his romantic designs presents itself. /episode/index/show/adancingbear/id/16165

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