Tricky Tricks

Yesterday experienced a bit of nostalgia … for when the world wasn’t quite so bonkers, and when you could actually go and visit a publisher with an idea and some pictures after talking to them on the phone. The publisher said come round but you must demonstrate how at least two of these tricks work.  My list  included Tangle Torture, Stuck to the Floor and Unexpected Goose.  I did the demo but one of the tricks went badly wrong (the publisher was  … briefly incapacitated), so I expected the worst.  Tricky Tricks was commissioned the following week.