{"id":13199,"date":"2020-11-19T11:17:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=13199"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T17:17:39","slug":"its-easter-egg-time-elkins-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=13199","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Easter Egg Time! Elkins Strikes Again."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the great problems with being a writer is that you never know how people are going to take your more disturbing stories. You set traps, drop Easter eggs, and lavish hidden humor and puns in hopes that someone gets it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elkins does it all today. And I got it. I now feel even better about tomorrow&#8217;s story, which is almost, but not quite, as disturbing. Whew.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/derekaelkins.com\/a-thanksgiving-to-remember\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">So go and read it at this link and get some serious time in with a master of insane.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11699\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derekaelkins.com\/a-thanksgiving-to-remember\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11699\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11699\" src=\"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20140222_154157-e1560109507193-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20140222_154157-e1560109507193-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20140222_154157-e1560109507193-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20140222_154157-e1560109507193-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A random picture of Stormy for no reason at all relating to the story. Click on her to read the story.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll visit the other authors who comprise this collection: <a href=\"https:\/\/afallofsparrows.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondthesteelwall.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Cely<\/a>,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/derekelkinswrites.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Elkins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jamiegreening.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie D. Greening<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kathykexel.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kathy Kexel,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/josepheshaw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Shaw. <\/a> As always, there&#8217;s no fee, we&#8217;re doing this to help you pass the time. We do ask that you buy our books\/audio books to help pay the freight here. 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