Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

The Christmas Day Caper

Read his story: A quiz for aspiring burglars: You've just stolen $25,000 or so from a church safe during Christmas morning Mass. There is a witness, a man who asked you what you were doing lugging a heavy metal box containing the money to your Lincoln Navigator, the one with the Vermont plates.

The crime is a sensation, all over the news. An entire city is searching for you.

What should you do?

Perhaps it would be wise to lie very, very low for a while.

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