Of Course…of

course…
The living are
I Sense you always so damned
behind me. impatient. a hurry…

Even you…The
Secret…with all
Show Yourself,
your wisdom.
creature…

Have we
Met, spirit?

We once had quite a

grand adventure,
together, RoberT.

When I Yet
I don’t have all
lived.
night....
…To cavort with
spirits in the
forest.

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 Quickly,
Now…take
my hat. The fate of our
world depends
on it.
We don’t have
much time.
The fate of our
world depends
You warned me it
on it.
would be hard to
convince you.

How hideously
cliché that
sounds…

TAKE
IT!
But you’ll simply
have to trust me.

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ARTIST’S NOTES: I’d like to thank Shawn Geabhart for letting me use his character “Tall Hat” for this story. What a fun character
to draw! He retains all the rights to the character, of course. I’m really just a B&W artist…so tackling this full-color story was a big
deal for me. A big thank you to Rob Schamberger for suggesting this folded-comic format. And thanks to my wife and kids for their
patience while I worked on the story! The Secret and this story are © 2005 by Mark Stinson, voidpulp@yahoo.com.

…And have that grand

adventure!

My time
is up,
Robert.

Ghosts…

…and their
damnable
puzzles.

Protect the
hat.

we’ll meet soon

enough…

The End?
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