Platteville veterinarian Tim Thompson has seen his share of beastly behavior, but the news that he’s working closely with the Antichrist himself comes as a bit of a shock. “Well no, I wasn’t aware of that,” he says. “Wow.” To understand exactly how his veterinary research ties into the imminent…

Al Avram has an irresistible East Coast/macho/wiseguy/velvet growl, and the best thing he says with it is this: “You know, I got an explanation for that.” Which is handy, because Al has a lot to explain. His name, for one thing, which is Al Avram in some circles and Carroll…

Much was auspicious in 1993, the Year of the Dave. Dave Letterman’s broadcasting coup made the news, Dave Winfield distinguished himself, Wendy’s featured Dave’s Deluxe (designed by one of fast food’s finest Daves) and Hollywood even came up with a Dave movie. “What I want to know,” says Dave More,…

Lillian Wittschen may be pushing seventy and hooked up to an oxygen tank, but she’s always on the lookout for a thrill. She thinks you should be, too. “Why don’t you go take a look at the biggest thing to come down the pike?” she suggests. “It’s an angel’s trumpet…

Wouldn’t you know the day Mildred Hedrick got the good news was the one day in her 73-year history on which she was physically incapable of talking? “Yep, I had the flu,” Mildred confirms, “lost my voice entirely and all I could do was shake my hands at everyone and…

The noises coming from Unit #69 are ominous: a few loud bangs, then a sort of dragging sound. The smell, too, is intense–it has floated up from the threshold to sock Dave Emge squarely in the nostrils. To his educated palate the odor appears to be a combination of unwashed…

September 2 was a bad day at Barnum Elementary. Just a few days earlier, teachers at the west Denver school had started the new year with considerable apprehensions. By all accounts, the 1992-1993 session had been a difficult one. But they still had hopes that a fresh start could turn…