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The Great Shiver and Shake Mystery

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As I sit here in my bathchair, blanket draped across my bony thighs, cup of warm milk and a plate of bourbons, I rest my gaze on Salisbury (my faithful labrador) and cast my mind back to that peculiar summer holiday in Blackpool in 1978. And one aspect of it that has often given me a warm fuzzy feeling.

Well, before your imagination goes haywire, I’m looking ahead two hundred years (when progress in science allows us to live into our five hundred and nineties) at a picture of me looking back. The reason for the warm fuzzy feeling is the memory of a comic I discovered for the first time: Shiver and Shake.

But, here’s the rub, Shiver and Shake ceased publication in 1974. So what was I reading in 1978? It couldn’t have been a second hand copy because a) it would have perished by the time I…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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