DON FAUN

DON FAUN

DON FAUNVeni vidi visa RANGE: All points of entry on the American border: airports, docks, bus stations, highways, byways, and goat paths, secret tunnels, unpatrolled deserts, and small holes in fences known only to himself. HABITS: Don Faun provides counsel and...
THE LEPRACHAUNMAN

THE LEPRACHAUNMAN

THE LEPRACHAUNMANMelancholia extremis RANGE: Three a.m. Rainy Sundays. Strange, cheap hotels. Near-empty saloons. (If you find yourself sitting in the near-empty saloon of a cheap hotel at three a.m. on a rainy Sunday, he’s got you for certain.) The...
MIRA CHIMERA

MIRA CHIMERA

MIRA CHIMERA (ON THE WALL)Bella donna RANGE: This glimmering, glittering, glamorous, but highly elusive spirit is believed, by some, to be extinct. She can only be seen in a mirror, and her many devotees pursue the sight of her in charm schools, makeup clinics,...
ALIBI ELF

ALIBI ELF

ALIBI ELFNolo contendere RANGE: From your first bed wetting and that broken heirloom vase, through hooky, dented fenders, broken curfews, parking violations, prima facie evidence of adultery, broken contracts, missed dental appointments, late payments, and the final...
THE FILTHY HOBIT

THE FILTHY HOBIT

THE FILTHY HOBITFumidus sordidus squalor RANGE: The Filthy Hobit is everywhere, but he prefers areas officially or socially designated NO SMOKING, confined spaces such as elevators and men’s rooms, all public means of transportation, hospital rooms, small...
DJINN RUMMY

DJINN RUMMY

DJINN RUMMYAlcoholus anonymous RANGE: This creature can be found or, with patience, acquired, wherever less-than-fine wines are sold. It sometimes can actually be ordered by name in unfashionable liquor stores. Like the worm in the mescal bottle or the bison grass in...