{"id":24825,"date":"2025-08-10T16:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24825"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:10:21","slug":"gumption-gumshoes-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24825","title":{"rendered":"Gumption & Gumshoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gumption & Gumshoes<\/em> (2013) Alex Kidwell <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gumption<\/p>\n

I wanted to shift. I didn\u2019t often, because seriously, what would be the point? None of us did. Personally, I was just really hooked on the opposable thumbs thing that I had as a human. But right then, I wanted to be smaller.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And why would you want to be a fluffy rodent anyway? To fit into shoeboxes? To dust in hard to reach corners?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…my body was the thing that I was in instead of the thought at the back of my mind…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: August Adahy Mendez, Sam Ewing, Mr. Petros, Jake, Detective Stacy Meddows<\/p>\n

Cover Art by Robin Saxon<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gumption & Gumshoes (2013) Alex Kidwell I wanted to shift. I didn\u2019t often, because seriously, what would be the point? None of us did. Personally, I was just really hooked on the opposable thumbs thing that I had as a human. But right then, I wanted to be smaller. 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