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The Blark of Snark: A Collaborative Experiment

The following is an experiment in collaborative spontaneous poetry by Torfis Teffleman, Tobias Hrothgar, and Karl Bickerstaff. You have been warned. The Blark of Snark By Torfis Teffleman, Tobias Hrothgar, and Karl Bickerstaff Deep in the heart of Snark, my friends, There lived a kindly blark. This blark, he liked to snarf, my friends, And snarf he did through Snark. Of Snark, my friends, I’ll tell you more:

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The Case of Sebastian Salzwedel

The Case of Sebastian Salzwedel By Tobias Hrothgar Karl and I quickly walked into the building. I called Cindy, who was sitting at the front desk: “Cindy?” “Sir?” “Search Sebastian Salzwedel. Stat.” “Certainly sir. Spell out the surname.” “S-A-L-Z-W-E-D-E-L. In Schaffhausen, Switzerland.” “Yes, sir. Let’s see: Salzwedel, Sebastian. Something seems strange.” “Say it.” “It says Sebatian slew seventy-six possessed sandwiches.” “Possessed sand–stop. That’s spurious silliness. Is there some seperate Sebastian Salzwedel in Schaffhausen, Switzerland?

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An Excerpt from 'Torfis's Toilsome Tribulations'

Ladies and gentleman, here we have yet another excerpt from a book that is being written. This excerpt is from Torfis Teffleman’s upcoming book Torfis’s Toilsome Tribulations, which is by Torfis Teffleman (who, despite being an outlaw, is quite a nice fellow). More information on the book can be found here at Torfis’s website. We highly recommend that you purchase the book when it comes out (and please pay for it too, don’t pirate it like an outlaw would).

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On the Hrothgarian Chronicle

by Karl Bickerstaff We are confident that you have all heard of our unofficial sponsor The Hrothgarian Chronicle. If you haven’t, shame on you. It is a weekly newspaper with a weekly printing of 1 copy per week, and it features all the features that you would expect from a weekly newspaper, such as a weather forecast (for the day previous to its printing), book excerpts, cartoons, and a section called “Ask Anonymous,” which is fairly self-explanitory.

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Fourth of July 2019

A Happy 4th of July from The Ingenious Three to whoever is foolish smart enough to be reading this. A Fourth of July Firework Storm; photo by Karl Bickerstaff

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An Urgent Update from Absolom Adolphson

by Absolom Adolphson Hello, I’m Absolom Adolphson, Special Correspondent for The Hrothgarian Chronicle (sponsor of Ti3) on all things related to The Ingenious Three. You probably have not heard of me before, but that’s not surprising, since I only just got my position with The Hrothgarian Chronicle. Anyway, we have an urgent update on The Ingenious Three (see below): As we are sure you all know, Tobias Hrothgar, leader of The Ingenious Three, has been busy writing a manuscript titled The Ingenious Inception, which will detail the founding of The Ingenious Three.

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An Excerpt from 'The Ingenious Inception'

Here is a short excerpt from Tobias Hrothgar’s book in progress The Ingenious Inception, book one of The Recollection of Three, which tells of the founding of The Ingenious Three. More information can be found here at Tobias’s website. This excerpt is not part of the free excerpt which Tobias has already made available at his site. It is exclusive to this post on Ti3’s website until the book is released.

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A Misty Moisty Morning

A Poem by Karl Bickerstaff Stanza 1 ‘Twas a misty, moisty morning, And cloudy was the weather, When Tobias Hrothgar dreamed up An idea–and together With Karl and Sames, his valiant friends, He set out to execute it With a little daring, a little dreaming, And a lot of weird conduits. End of Stanza 1 Stanza 2 They began to scheme and plot, And soon they had an idea

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