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Bruce Brody's Guide to Romance: Issue One

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      From the Pages of The Scrap Pile Landshark in “Bruce Brody’s Guide to Romance”   By Kurtis Kenobi   Therapist: “We might have better luck if we try together. Say it with me.” Bruce: “Uhm… Okay. Sure.” Both: “Hi. My name is Bruce.” Bruce: “… and I’m a shark!”     Issue One: Of Land and Shark and Quakes that Break the Heart   Two Weeks Ago Lightfoot Island (Beta City, Ohio)     Huh. Bruce Brody stood knee deep in imported sand, shaking soil from his hair. A crooked grin spread across his face as he admired the meandering gopher trail left in his wake. The Bureau alert had been clear: unidentified threat approaching the channel. Had he made a wrong turn? Bruce adjusted the leather shark fin mounted on his head as he squinted in the low January sun. Highway. Parking lot. To the left, Mount Fitzgerald’s sulphury belch spat up cobalt lava. Waaaaait… the moody mountain was supposed to be on ...