Travels Through An Imaginary Landscape

EPISODE SIX: THE SVANKMEYER COUNTDOWN

PART ONE

Michael paced anxiously up and down the floor. Unfortunately the dimensions of the room were not really sufficient to allow for pacing by someone boasting his length of limb. He could just about manage to fit in three strides either way with a shuffling sort of turn at each end. It didn’t take long for my initial amusement at this spectacle to turn to irritation. Continue reading →

EPISODE SIX: THE SVANKMEYER COUNTDOWN

PART TWO

I stood with my face pressed up against the grimy shop window, searching desperately for some sign of life within. It didn’t look hopeful. The early morning sunlight did not penetrate far through the broken slats of the window blind. All I could glimpse was a small corner of dusty floor and what may or may not have been the outlines of a shop counter. Certainly nothing to indicate that Walker’s Pets would be open for business any time soon. Continue reading →

EPISODE SIX: THE SVANKMEYER COUNTDOWN

PART THREE

We followed Colonel Pendlebury as he strode in surprisingly sprightly fashion up the seemingly endless staircase of his tenement building.

“Are you sure this is quite wise?” Michael whispered as we headed up yet another flight. Continue reading →

EPISODE SIX: THE SVANKMEYER COUNTDOWN

PART FOUR

The round grey slab of metal which covered the entrance to the sewer rolled away with surprising ease and myself, Michael and our two burly guards all peered intently into the gaping dark hole that was left in the road. Continue reading →

EPISODE SIX: THE SVANKMEYER COUNTDOWN

PART FIVE

Barely an hour later and Michael and I were standing in front of the desk of the mayor once more, waiting patiently (and perhaps just a little nervously) whilst he scanned through the report of our adventures which had been hastily compiled by the two burly guards. His stern faced assistant maintained an icy pose behind him. The mayor came to the end of the document and put it down with a heavy sigh. He stood up slowly and stepped out from behind his desk. Continue reading →