IT’S ONLY WORDS by Deborah Elliott-Upton It’s only words, but words are all I have to steal your heart away. At least that’s how I remember the lyrics. The point is: I do remember the meaning of the lyrics and even the tune. (Admit it: it’s now in your head, too!) I’ve always wanted to […]

SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS by Robert Lopresti I grew up on comic strips. I suppose most of us did; it was a form of narrative you can get into at a very young age, and stick with. My problem nowadays is that half the cartoons in my local newspapers are zombies. Either they […]

FRED’S HANDS by Melodie Johnson Howe I think creating CBHQ came out of an idea that Leigh had to play an April Fools joke on James. I’m not sure how the joke was suppose to work, but Leigh being Leigh we all followed him into the nether world of CBHQ. Rob, who always gets his […]

EVERY SINGLE ONE of the Criminal Brief authors last week picked up on Leigh’s delusional rants about a Criminal Brief Corporate Headquarters and wrote independently about it. Honest, it was nothing like an assignment—everybody chose to write about the same thing without consulting with anybody else. And to prove it, you’ll notice that our descriptions […]

CORPORATE WEEK by Leigh Lundin Recently, I lost internet and phone service (service being a relative term), so this week, I decided to work in my Criminal Brief Corporate office. As I mosey in, I nod to Velma, our secretary. She’s reading Travis Erwin‘s latest western romance, Texas May be Parched, but These Here Parts […]

PARTNERS IN CRIME by John M. Floyd It’s Saturday at Criminal Brief Corporate Headquarters, and unlike some organizations, we’re here and hard at work. Or at least here — I’m not sure about the other part. After a discussion about the size of certain companies, I once asked Velma how many people work in our […]

GUILTY PLEASURES by Steve Steinbock Welcome to the One-hundredth issue of Bandersnatches. I’m reporting from the fifth floor of Criminal Brief Corporate Headquarters. I’m using this celebratory column to share with you a few of my guilty pleasures as I take you around my office. As you come in the door, among the first things […]