YOU'VE LANDED IN THE RIGHT PLACE, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE ...
- A group of dedicated volunteer historians, members of The Intergalactic Society of Trusted Retro-Investigative Volunteers Implementing Analytical Logic (T.I.S.T.R.I.V.I.A.L.), from a far distant future, headquartered on Mars who, with steadfast (and somewhat coherent) attention to minutiae, co-author chronicles about previously undisclosed events.
- The chronicles are, through a rather incredible process, put on the page by me, Laura G Lea, for present-day Earthlings to read.
This is me,
Laura G Lea,
holding the first T.I.S.T.R.I.V.I.A.L. historical narrative
available to the public in the current era, entitled:
The Annotated
OSCAR de la XERIC
and the LAST KNOWN WILD
BLUE-HORN CATTLE HERD
Plus other INHABITANTS of
and VISITORS to
X-BAR RANCH, NEW MEXICO, EARTH
This annotated (by the co-authors) historical chronicle is about
Oscar de la Xeric, an intrepid man of short stature (shown here with his trusty palomino Xena), circa 1995, who has aspirations to build his reputation as a renowned artist. He moves to X-Bar Ranch, New Mexico,
the one place on Earth where he can acquire cow patties from the last known wild Blue-horn cattle herd, the medium he’s been told is in accordance with a prophecy passed down in his family
for over four hundred years.
Visitors from other planets, disregarding the Universal Non-Interference Policy, set in motion a series of events that bring havoc to Oscar’s goals and
threaten extinction of an exotic breed of cattle.
Along with Oscar de la Xeric and Xena, the following humans, animals, and extraterrestrials play key roles in the chronicle: (front row, from left) Abe Parham, Buster, Conner Flats, Whiskers, Shiloh Priestly, Lucy Pendleton, Grouchy Swelf, Venesbani, Zelda, Arthur. (back row, from right) Merle, Leroy Gibbs,
The Gilded Crow, Inspector Postum, Chief Merryweather, Dark Clad Figure, Nana, Amy Aims, Fred 'Mack' Mackenzie.
Plus, of course, the last known wild Blue-horn cattle herd (not pictured):
Auntie, BB, Big-Un, Cloy, Doolie, Einstein, Ernie, George, JoeJoe, Little-Un, Lolly, Kicks, Marbles, NoName, Penny, Pops, Quincy, Riddles, Rover, Rowdy,
Ruby G., Rusty, Spoons, Tilly, Tiny, Z.Z.