Extruding America

Gerard gets a clue and it's adios Stet!The 87 Club Volume Two Roster:A Dark Night's Passing by Naoya ShigaA Desire to Learn by Eric MoonSoviet but not Russian by William M. MandelThe Road to Wigan Pier by George OrwellThe Soil by Nagatsuka Takashi (translated and with an introduction by Ann Waswo)

Gerard continues to battle his demons. Stetson goes on a business trip.(Illustration: Tom Sanislo, for the Washington State Dept. of Transportation)

Gerard smells the smell of fear. Stetson introduces something new.The 87 Club Roster:The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole FranceHitler's Army by Omer BartovBest Russian Short Stories edited by Thomas Setzer (The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev)Mountain of Fame by John E. Wills, Jr.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

A confluence of events puts Gerard's multimedia multitasking mettle to the test. Stet states a truth.

With a glorious assist from the Dwight Bertram Correspondence School of Reporting Technique and Vocal Inflection, Gerard Armbruster quells a querulous Stetson Tudd. A magnificent display of the journalistic arts ensues.

After a brief vacation, Stetson Tudd recalls his brief vacation. Gerard listens. (Image: El Palo Alto, circa 1910)

The last M-80 is spent. So are Gerard and Stetson.

The odyssey that began with the ringing of a phone ends with the harsh scream of a Sea-Tac bound airliner.

The semi-historic meeting of friends Gerard Armbruster and Stetson Tudd proceeds as smoothly as one would imagine. The gigantitude of the immensity of Gerard's personal journey becomes self-evident, to Gerard at least. (Photo: Carmen Dean)

Terrific news! People and events collude to engender the greatest transformative odyssey of Gerard Armbruster's life. Stetson Tudd rides shotgun.