{"id":13381,"date":"2013-05-13T10:27:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2013-05-13T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T15:55:08","slug":"story-up-my-sleeve-13-a-toy-for-juliette-by-robert-bloch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/story-up-my-sleeve-13-a-toy-for-juliette-by-robert-bloch\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Up My Sleeve #13: &#8220;A Toy for Juliette,&#8221; by Robert Bloch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 85%; line-height: 1.25em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/spiritsofthedead_fellini.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Publicity still from the 'Toby Dammit' segment (directed by Federico Fellini) of 'Spirits of the Dead' (1968)\" alt=\"Publicity still from the 'Toby Dammit' segment (directed by Federico Fellini) of 'Spirits of the Dead' (1968)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/spiritsofthedead_fellini_sm.jpg?resize=275%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"275\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><em>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See the <\/em><a title=\"Story Up My Sleeve posts: the background\" href=\"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/story-up-my-sleeve-the-background\/\" target=\"_blank\">Story Up My Sleeve<\/a><em> background page.]<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Juliette wasn&#8217;t smiling at herself. She smiled because she knew that Grandfather was back, and he&#8217;d brought her another toy. In just a few moments it would be decontaminated and delivered, and she wanted to be ready.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[<a title=\"Google Books: 'Dangerous Visions,' edited by Harlan Ellison\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=q3W9sO_3o5IC&amp;pg=PT216#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\"><em>source<\/em><\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Don&#8217;t know what this is? See the Story Up My Sleeve background page.] Juliette wasn&#8217;t smiling at herself. She smiled because she knew that Grandfather was back, and he&#8217;d brought her another toy. In just a few moments it would be decontaminated and delivered, and she wanted to be ready. 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