Thanks, Martin! Always great to see a new story on your terrific site. This was fun for a nice little diversion.

Thanks, Eric. Though the real Alan Galpert had initially mixed feelings about being the corpse. :)

Good one, Martin! I like the ending.

By the way, there's a typo in the URL you gave (it's actually doorstop, not doorstep). Here it is as a clickable link:

Death on the Doorstep

I urge all fans to look around the site -- try to set aside a good time for some leisurely reading, because there are a lot of good stories there! Here's the homepage:

Just One More Paragraph

Whoops -- thanks, Ted. My brain is slipping more each day :). And thanks for the easy link.