ASH/HCC: LL&DD Special "Surprise"

[Saxon Brenton]

In the follow up to the LL&DD Specail, Scott Eiler asked:
> I have a question about this challenge, though: Do we need the 
> *element* of surprise? *Planned* surprise, that is? I guess at this 
> point, it's for voters to decide. But as a voter, I'll be looking 
> for planned surprise.
For what it's worth, I wasn't thinking of a planned surprise when I 
set the challenge.  A planned surprise, or a serindipitous surprise 
would work just as well.
 
And as for what put me in mind of that phrase in the first place...  
Er...  For some reason I was thinking of 'artificial elements', such 
as the one in Tom Holt's novel _Earth, Air, Fire and Custard_.  Which 
admittedly would make for a rather 'mad sciencey' take on a story if 
I carried through with the idea...
 
Look, let's just agree that it's not necessarily safe to delve too 
deeply into my thought processes, okay?
  
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Saxon Brenton
'Still crazy after all these years...'
 
  		 	   		  
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