LABYRINTH PUZZLE

Welcome to our hidden challenge — an enigma woven into verse, waiting for sharp eyes and sharper minds. Somewhere within the lines below lies a secret that only the most attentive will uncover. We won’t tell you what to look for, how to solve it, or where the answer hides. That’s for you alone to discover. But know this: those who decipher the riddle’s truth will be entered into a draw for a special prize - with the person who finds it first receiving a additional prize. Read carefully, think deeply, and trust your instincts. Do not share your answers online, the fewer who know — the better your chances of a win.

There is no such thing as a dead straight line,
draw one, zoom in and you will find,
a pine forest all along its edge,
to solve this riddle your mind you'll dredge.

For no line is dead straight, the dust will disturb it,
the hand will betray, the tremor will curve it.
all a result of perfect design,
even lasers will waver, even rulers resign.

The only way to make a dead straight line,
is to slash with a sword determined of mind.

D.C.CALLER

Fiction writer & our editor D.C.Caller comes from Stanwell in Middlesex, England, a place he described as a child as "the mutant village of Stanwell " due to the alarming number of bizarrely ailed residents and the drunken skullduggery of revellers pouring out of its three pubs (that's just the village).

"Being a child born in 82 meant several things; there were no paedophiles, electricity was harmless and no working class parent gave a toss where you were or what you were doing as long as you didn't arrive home with the cops. So every weekend, with my father having insisted we didn't come back until we couldn't SEE our way back, me and my brother got on our bikes and went exploring the wasteland that is working class England.

My best mate lived in a cemetery, the locals all looked like they were shaken out of a Clive Barker novel and learning was for those who didn't have the strength to move concrete posts or the skill to manoeuvre a forklift truck . . . for carrying concrete posts. I'm guessing this is where most of my characters come from. "

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