A couple years ago, I followed with some interest the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker, long thought extinct but now thought to be alive and well and living in Arkansas. At about the same time, I heard a story on MPR about an oologist’s collection that turned up in Iowa. These two bird stories, along with an old wardrobe in my house and an interminably dull meeting at work, led to this story about eggs and furniture.

This is sort of a companion piece to Ichthyology, my fish story. They were written about the same time, and both involve creatures that live in the interstices of phyla. I think there may be a few more of these taxonomical misfits roaming about in my addled brain…

This story can be found in Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #20, a fabulous (and fabulist?) ‘zine from Small Beer Press. Order your copy today, or track one down on the shelves of one of the enlightened purveyors of books listed below:

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