{"id":709,"date":"2002-11-08T23:51:19","date_gmt":"2002-11-08T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/wp\/?p=709"},"modified":"2002-11-08T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2002-11-08T23:51:19","slug":"709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2002\/11\/709\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Hidden Things<\/i>, Nov. 8 snippet that I liked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the security desk Vikous paused, his hands jammed in his coat pockets, the cigar leaking a thin line of smoke into the air from the corner of his mouth. The guard eyed them both suspiciously.<br \/>\n\u201cBusiness?\u201d he asked.<br \/>\n\u201cTop floor. The party.\u201d Vikous looked bored.<br \/>\n\u201cInvitation,\u201d the guard said, leaning forward with a hand extended. Vikous just looked at him. The guard settled back in his seat, his eyes hooded. \u201cHow do you know there\u2019s a party if you don\u2019t have an invitation?\u201d<br \/>\nVikous\u2019 shiny black eyes watched the guard without moving. With slow deliberation, he pulled his right hand out of his pocket and laid it on the desk counter, leaning on it toward the guard as he said \u201cWell, there would have to be a party, wouldn\u2019t there?\u201d<br \/>\nCalliope couldn\u2019t see his face clearly from that angle but something in the guard\u2019s face seemed to give way for just a moment, leaving his eyes showing white all the way around as he looked at Vikous.<br \/>\n\u201cSecond elevator on the right,\u201d he said, his voice barely audible. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in reading it as it comes out, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.average-bear.com\/wid\/form.html\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden Things, Nov. 8 snippet that I liked: At the security desk Vikous paused, his hands jammed in his coat pockets, the cigar leaking a thin line of smoke into the air from the corner of his mouth. The guard eyed them both suspiciously. \u201cBusiness?\u201d he asked. \u201cTop floor. The party.\u201d Vikous looked bored. \u201cInvitation,\u201d &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2002\/11\/709\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}