{"id":1721,"date":"2021-01-04T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2021-01-04T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:29:32","slug":"there-must-be-some-mistake-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1721","title":{"rendered":"There Must Be Some Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/01-TwoFaced-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/01-TwoFaced-copy-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306\" width=\"592\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/01-TwoFaced-copy-294x300.jpg 294w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/01-TwoFaced-copy-768x783.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/01-TwoFaced-copy-1005x1024.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere in the ballroom went positively rancid the moment I walked in.&nbsp; People stopped dancing mid-step.&nbsp; The band struck a sour chord and shambled into silence.&nbsp; Drinks spilled.&nbsp; A waiter dropped a tray of dishes with a loud, lingering clatter.&nbsp; A woman fainted, hitting the floor with a dull thud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone in the place turned to look at me as if I had two heads.&nbsp; Something was \u2018off\u2019 about these people; I just couldn\u2019t put my finger on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groom, looking quite put out, detached himself from his bride and strolled elegantly toward me, the tails of his tuxedo brushing the onlookers as they parted to let him through.&nbsp; He handed me a scrap of paper with the neatly written words: \u201cThere must be some mistake\u201d and gestured to a banner over the dais which read: \u201cCongratulations to Headless Charlie and Sue the Body!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s when I realized that it wasn\u2019t my two heads that disturbed them\u2026it was that I was the only freak in the room who had any head at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How embarrassing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>***This is from our 4th book, \u201cA Short Burst\u201d a collection of flash science fiction.\u00a0 Most of what you find in this blog is a light dusting of what you\u2019ll find in our books.\u00a0 Follow the links above to www.sallemander.com or go to our Etsy shop at www.etsy.com and search EEWbooks.\u00a0 \u00a0-Marsha<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The atmosphere in the ballroom went positively rancid the moment I walked in.&nbsp; People stopped dancing mid-step.&nbsp; The band struck a sour chord and shambled into silence.&nbsp; Drinks spilled.&nbsp; A waiter dropped a tray of dishes with a loud, lingering clatter.&nbsp; A woman fainted, hitting the floor with a dull thud. Everyone in the place &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/?p=1721\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">There Must Be Some Mistake<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118,242,124],"tags":[210,248,38,99,256,19,249,96,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sallemander.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}