How It All Began

An elderly woman gets mugged.

That's how it all began.

Like the butterfly (what is the illusion? the butterfly breathing in the rainforest? the butterfly knocking its pupa onto a jaguar when it emerges?) in the well-known paradigm, this single act sets all kinds of crazy, unrelated events in motion. For better or worse (most seem to be both).

It's an absolutely delightful story. It's one that you won't regret reading. I promise.