"Knock knock"."Who is it?" "It's the Plumber

"Knock knock"."Who is it?" "It's the Plumber I've come to fix the sink."..."Knock knock"."Who is it?" "It's the Plumber I've come to fix the sink." She hesitated. She hadn't called

anyone. She cautiously approached the door. DON'T OPEN THE DOOR!! Now from the horror series: Butcher, Baker and Candlestick maker: "The Plumber, He's Come to Fix the Sink."

The horror stories were called Doldrum Frighteners. The books followed the scary tediousness of being a service worker, plumbing, electricians, etc. The constant stories of invoice

filing brought the stark, hoary netherworld that is essential bureaucracy to light, filling reader imaginations with dread realism. Where'd the Doldrum Frighteners series research?

The necrobiotic bat, Thomas, spoke in battish:

[Translator's Note: Battish is a difficult language to depict in print because of the varied depthness indicated by how the primary utterance plays off echoing phrasings.]

Let's just say that what was said in Battish was an equivalent of the word "guano", and in this case was used in a derogatory sense. People from miles around were offended, and

Two chiroptera in hand is worth a million under the bridge...one might hear at a party. But their activation included more that starting colloquialisms, there was the hit job

, the final blow he would get the evil one with. In a few short minutes, the evil one would be dead. He lined up the sword, ready to chop heads. He missed, though.