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Strange Times 238: Army of Malcontents

Jan 20, 2026

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15 min read

Strange Times 238: Army of Malcontents

And 15 free copies of TO KILL A COOK!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 237: Bombed For Third Time

Jan 6, 2026

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8 min read

Strange Times 237: Bombed For Third Time

And the mystery of the baby bear has been solved!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 236: Frightened Baby Bear

Dec 23, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 236: Frightened Baby Bear

Kindness for cats, cruelty for bears!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 235: Woman Not Kidnapped

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 235: Woman Not Kidnapped

And a begoggled German travels airwise!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 234: Bearded Women

Nov 25, 2025

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8 min read

Strange Times 234: Bearded Women

Plus a big jam heist and an ocean masher spurned!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 233: Arrested For "Vamping"

Nov 11, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 233: Arrested For "Vamping"

Plus win a copy of TO KILL A COOK!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 232: Love Madness

Oct 28, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 232: Love Madness

Plus two snake attacks and white slavery in Colorado!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 231: The "Good Killers"

Oct 14, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 231: The "Good Killers"

And a murderer confesses on the orders of his victim's ghost!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 230: Beans Are Coming Back

Sep 30, 2025

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9 min read

Strange Times 230: Beans Are Coming Back

And a heroic carrier pigeon may be a liar!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 229: "Shot Down In Cold Blood"

Sep 16, 2025

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8 min read

Strange Times 229: "Shot Down In Cold Blood"

How Trenton fought the Ku Klux Klan.

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 228: Bit Off His Nose

Sep 2, 2025

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8 min read

Strange Times 228: Bit Off His Nose

And more about the tomato-chucking socialite

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
Strange Times 227: Like a Crocodile, Only More So

Aug 19, 2025

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13 min read

Strange Times 227: Like a Crocodile, Only More So

And the first appearance of Chef Bones!

W.M. Akers
W.M. Akers
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