Magazine No 46 1973 - Piff

The cover featured a psychedelic, hand-drawn illustration of a cat wearing aviator sunglasses, lounging on a slice of pepperoni pizza that was floating through a nebula. It was absurd, it was colorful, and it was exactly what Leo needed to escape another long summer in the suburbs.

He looked up, half-expecting the psychedelic cat from the cover to be watching him from a branch. The park was quiet, save for the distant sound of a lawnmower. He looked at the key, then back at the magazine. On the very last page, in the "Letters to the Editor" section, a small, bolded line at the bottom read: “The lock is in the hollow of the old oak at the center of the world.” Piff Magazine No 46 1973

“To whoever finds this: The secret is on page 14, behind the comic strip. Don’t let the cat see you looking.” The cover featured a psychedelic, hand-drawn illustration of

Leo looked at the trunk of the tree he was leaning against. High up, where the main branches split, was a knot that looked suspiciously like a keyhole. The park was quiet, save for the distant