Quandary Resolution 496
astraphobia, dulse, baptism of fire, clinquant
The first-time sailor, home for Christmas after his baptism of fire, recoiled from the clinquant on the tree, revealing his new fear of seaweed as well as his exacerbated astraphobia: was that shimmering stuff more disgusting dulse for supper, or the sign of another electrical storm?
by Rudi on December 23, 2009
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