The Cutimark Crusaders frequently get into trouble, not everyone has a great appreciation for this.

This was my entry for the Iron Author competition at Everfree NW this year. The only changes that have been made since then are grammatical ones, and finishing a hanging sentence I forgot to cap off.

We had two hours to write a story under 2k words that had to include exactly 3 of the following: Manticores, The Market Place, Pushing the Envelope, and Stars and Stripes.