The Creature from Cleveland Depths Part 10

"Gussy!" Fay said sharply, his face tightening in alarm, "Have you forgotten your promise?"

"'Course not, Fay. My new inventions aren't for Micro or any other firm. They're just a legitimate part of my literary endeavors. Happens my next insanity novel is goin' to be about a mad inventor."

--FRITZ LEIBER

Transcriber's Note -- Changes made [original in brackets]:

"Society can't have much use for us [use]

It's the Ches.h.i.+re [Chesire] cat in reverse.

"Zen ['Zen] come near me,"

"Ha, wouldn't you like to know?" [know? ] Fay retorted.

Grab a ticket to ecstasy! [ecstacy]

And every hundredth time it says them out loud and the tickler gives [give]

so it can spot and follow him around then [the] target Postmen deliver topside [top-side] mail We-Who-Are-About-To-Die [We-Who Are-About-To-Die]

the scanning and [and and] decision-making They 'think,' to use that archaic [archiac] word did that drug-addict girl friend of yours ever take you to a ["a" missing] genuine orgy "Have you no heart?" Fay [Gay] demanded.

But Gusterson [Gunderson] was already shaking his head.

now-familiar triple-jointed [joined] shrug just like nomads need horses.[,]