The Acclimated Spooks Interview Series, Vol. 5
Featuring delightful and entertaining interviews from Acclimated Spooks
Boyd McCloyd, CEO of Acclimated Spooks
Once again, we bring you a continuation of our interview with Boyd McCloyd from last week. To read the interview from the beginning, click here.
BOYD: Which of Mr. Ping’s adventures interest me the most? That’s hard to say. He had so many.
REGGIE: Well, is there one that stands out?
BOYD: Sure. But that’s the thing with Mr. Ping’s adventures. They’re all there in the books, and as I’m reading them, I’m beginning to realize it’s not about one adventure. It’s about all of them. They’re connected, you see. And what I’m trying to do as I read through all of these almanacs, I’m trying to figure out the connection here, because I think Mr. Ping didn’t write about everything.
REGGIE: What do you mean? Of course he wrote about everything.
BOYD: No, he didn’t. Have you read these almanacs, Reggie?
REGGIE: Of course, I have.
BOYD: Well, what about volume 45?
REGGIE: What about it?
BOYD: Well, let me see… (Boyd gets out volume 45 and thumbs through it). What happened through October and November of the year this was written?
REGGIE: You tell me.
BOYD: There’s nothing there.
REGGIE: Of course there is. Mr. Ping wrote about everything.
BOYD: No. He leaves parts unaccounted for.
(At this point, Reggie takes the book from Boyd)
REGGIE: This can’t be right. Were the pages ripped out?
BOYD: Uh, no.
REGGIE: Well…this doesn’t make sense. Mr. Ping wrote about everything. He wouldn’t just leave two months blank.
BOYD: But he did.
REGGIE: He did, indeed.
BOYD: And there are others, too. Volume 61, for example. And Volume 84.
REGGIE: 84? Well, that’s when Smelts and I disbanded the Himalayan Outback Detective Agency.
BOYD: Right. And can you tell me why?
REGGIE: It’s actually none of your business.
BOYD: Obviously, but Mr. Ping can’t tell you, either. Because that section of the almanac is missing.
REGGIE: By gum, you’re right!
BOYD: So…the question is: What’s the mystery?
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
