Markham and the Anal Probing
Markham and the Anal Probing begins with Markham disappearing and Max suspecting alien abduction.
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Markham and the Anal Probing begins with Markham disappearing and Max suspecting alien abduction. The publisher's collection description gives that suspicion as the hook; the title makes the prospective indignity rather plain.
Jodi Taylor also publishes the story free on her own website, so readers can go directly to the original text.
In the site's view, the useful distinction is the combination of a missing colleague and Max's extraordinary explanation. It gives fans of Markham an extra built around him, with a mystery small enough for short-story form.
The supposed alien involvement is the characters' starting theory, leaving the actual explanation for the story itself.
The piece appears in Long Story Short as well as online. In the St Mary's reading sequence, it sits around the later single-digit novels, after Desiccated Water and before the subsequent seasonal adventures.
Choose the author-hosted version for a quick free read, or the collection if you prefer this story alongside the other shorter institute escapades.
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- And the Rest Is History · St Mary’s
- An Argumentation of Historians · St Mary’s
- Long Story Short · Standalone & collections
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- 2017 · publication source ↗
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