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February 27, 2005: No Brains Here To Eat?

A Kentucky high school student has been arrested for writing a short story in which zombies overrun a school? Prosecutors asked the judge to increase bail because of the severity of the offense? Surely nobody's THAT stupid. Or are they? This report doesn't LOOK like a hoax . . .

And having heard Federal officers characterize one of my own games as "a handbook for computer crime," I know all too well that some people in law enforcement really can't tell fantasy from the real world.

I don't know if I think this is a job for the ACLU, or for SFWA!
-- Steve Jackson

Warehouse 23 News: The King Is Dead!

So he won't mind if you steal his roleplaying books. Like, say, Ars Magica. Might as well help yourself to The Broken Covenant of Calebais while you're at it. Turns out the King had good taste in classic roleplaying. Poor taste in advisors, though. Oh well. . .

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