He
was small, but fast. Herr Ninja was in
front of Blake before he could react.
All Blake could do was raise his arm above his head, to shield himself,
but he knew it would be useless. Katana
are made for lopping off limbs the way anapestic tetrameter was made for
Seussian poetry, except Japanese swords don’t scan as well and poetry tends to
draw less blood.
(from The
Fridgularity by Mark A. Rayner)
7½*/10.
The complete review is here.
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