Mon, Sep 26, 2011
Maven will do anything to get his gloved hand on the cover of the new edition of 'Glove Hygiene Monthly'. He invites its editor, the meticulous Roopina Crale round to the tower and tries to persuade her that his versatile hand is ready for island-wide stardom. Sporall is trying to find some recognition of his own by entering himself into the Beardboy contest. The residents are out in force, until a phantom beard nibbler strikes, and places the whole competition in jeopardy. The prime suspect is the goat that's been following Sporall around, which means that Sporall himself is implicated.
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Jinsy's postal pigs are running amok. Maven decides to tackle the problem head-on by paying a visit to Mrs Oon, the island postmistress. While there, he discovers some flyers for the banned underground folk-thrash band, Mool Perpya (with lead singer, The Zoop), who are playing an illegal gig at Doker's Quarry. Maven's determined to take action, until Mrs Oon offers him some of her special soup of 'something and apricot'.
Mon, Oct 10, 2011
An unfortunate contestant in Sporall's weekly meat quiz dies during the popular island game. As is Jinsy custom, her nameworm must be removed, and the worm itself passed on to the most recent newborn. For Arbiter Maven, this spells bad news for many reasons. Firstly, it's snowing; second, the infant is on the far side of the island; and third, the procedure has to be carried out by Maven's old teacher, Ernest P. Threcker, who has nothing but contempt for Maven, and isn't shy about showing it.