> Actually I'm curious, Howard. At what point did you (or anyone) recognize that you'd seen this
> particular dark little twisted "plot" before? I confess it didn't hit me at all, until I reached
> the part that said "...Susie Derkins throws herself into the creek and drowns."

I had my suspicions right from the start, and I was certain by the end of the first paragraph.

But then, "Hamlet" was one of the few texts I actually liked in English Lit, and I can still quote large chunks of it from memory.

Paul