A Victorian melodrama in three acts
(This was such fun to write!
First posted on 24th August.)
Act 1. Waiting …
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Meet the Assassin – a flower/crab spider Thomisus sp., dressed in his sombre business suit. Company policy allows only three colours - yellow, pink, or white (takes the spider only 2 days to change his suit, for the next “client”).