Everybody and their neighbor's dog thinks they can handle the truth. But the truth is, they can't. Three years ago, Madame Polonaise's Palm Reading Salon... > Lire la suite
Everybody and their neighbor's dog thinks they can handle the truth. But the truth is, they can't. Three years ago, Madame Polonaise's Palm Reading Salon went by a different name: the Scientific Palm Studies Institute. Decorated more like a dentist's office than a fortunetelling shop, the Institute suffered from misbranding. Only when Madame Polonaise gave up much of her self-respect (and abandoned words like "objective, " "logical, " and "scientific") did she manage to revive the business. The keywords she uses nowadays include "mystical, " "esoteric, " and "cryptic"--perfectly in line with her clients' truly false (or falsely true?) expectations. But one evening, a man with a palm that is most alien to her wants a reading. And when Madame Polonaise sees him for what he is, she cannot look away from the truth anymore...