the book that started it all

i first started working on what would eventually become 'the ring around the rose' for a creative writing class when i was 16 years old. the story was much shorter, of course, but even then i knew that more was going to happen to declan and dyomee - not all of it good - and that there was a huge cast of characters involved, waiting in the wings.

now you can hold the first paperback of the first part of the story in your sweaty little hands, and for just $9.95.

shameless hucksterism, of course, but it all comes down to that, in the end... even waldo's hat.