The fish, which scales, fins and tail are very carefully rendered, opens deeply his teethly mouth.

Herman Stowell King, a long-time gafiate (we first met in the 60s) and collector, turned up in the local Sunday paper with a well-written review of Whitley Streiber's The Forbidden Zone.

Their skin was the real giveaway: again and again it turned out to be fattier and softer than average and therefore warmer.

He praised her glowingly; it was enough to make her blush.