Sacred Logs and Crocodiles by Walter G. Esselman

[Lester Curtis]

It's pretty hard to not like a story with a character named "Lord Fullo'it."

Quite nicely done, with good characterization and a well-executed plot. I'd be happy to see more here from this author.

I have to agree. I chuckled through the whole thing.

Everybody in this story was a caricature. Even the dragon was the long-suffering friend of the silly human. The croc as an oversized Saint Bernard was hilarious.

I've never read anything quite like it. Though it reminds me a little of The Beverly Hillbillies. Everybody on that show was overdone, it's what made it work.

Moral being: Beware the library police. Sometimes they bring dragons.


Bill Wolfe