D Magazine June 1993

When the wild calls, you can answer-and without having to drive very far.

When Janet Holley’s sister was brutally murdered, Holley became obsessed with solving the case. She’s turned up crucial clues that may lead directly to the killer.

The strange and wonderful world of Professor Bob Slaughter, paleontologist, dreamer and “discoverer” of fairy fossils, demon footprints and leprechaun bones. Really.

Fiery Dallas Morning News editor Dave Smith has built the perfect sports section. He’s secured the respect of his peers and landed huge annual budgets. But excellence doesn’t come cheap. There’s also a human cost-a. price some staffers haven’t been willing to pay.

She was going to be the biggest thing since Ramses. Instead, Catherine the Great was cursed with bad luck-and a leaky roof that almost destroyed her treasures, Now she’s gone, and the red ink is deeper than most people know.

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