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Part III: "By the Power of Greyskull!" A week after the meeting, Krista Severson sat at home at the kitchen table with her laptop open. Her husband, Kyle, was off at a scouting meeting at the local ward's cultural hall, and so she had a bit of alone time. She navigated over to MormonDiscou...

Part II: In Sickness and in Health "It's set for December, once the semester lets out for Howell, but I don't know if I can even wait that long." "You're having second thoughts about giving it another chance?" In the three years since she had joined the Hinton Institute, Krista S...

From the Annals of the Turley J. Hinton Institute.... Hills Like White Lamanites By Robert B. Oberson PART I: Krista Severson "Boy, that sure is good." Merlyn Young set his knife and fork down and looked around for the waitress. "'Scuse me," he said to a busboy. "We're stil...

Part IX: "You knew what I was when you picked me up..." Click . He shut the door and locked it and looked up. It was just the two of them, and they took a moment to adjust to the low light cast by the stained-glass First Vision installment at the other end of the room. "Is everything ...

Part VIII: A Cloud of Doubt As he drove home that night, Franklynn was wracked with doubts, and with fear. Elder Sutcliffe had looked directly at him. Did he know? He must know, Frank thought. He was the weak link in the chain, and it was only a matter of time before the entire Hinton Institute lear...

Part VII: Small Beginnings The moment Franklynn walked into the conference room, he felt strange. Sitting there at the head of the table was Elder Hyrum Z. Sutcliffe: at 67 years old, a junior member of the Quorum of 12 Apostles, and he had a close-cropped, military-style haircut. In his conference ...

Part VI: The Documentary Hypothesis "In conclusion, I believe that, by continuing to extend the work of Baden and others, we can deepen our understanding of this profoundly important scriptural text." Dylan Cross, curly haired and boyish, set down the papers he'd been reading from, and loo...

Part V: The Patient That night, Franklynn had difficulty sleeping. First he was too hot, then he was too cold, and he had trouble getting comfortable. Beside him, Payson snored peacefully, exhausted after a day spent corralling the twins. Frank got up and went to the bathroom and drank some water, a...

Part IV: Dylan Cross and the Two-Day Seminar Brrring! Brrring! Franklin looked up from his work at the ringing phone: it was probably Merlyn, reminding him about their upcoming meeting this afternoon. It rang again and he picked it up. "Hello?" "Carbuncle." The voice was low and ...

Part III: Schwartzkopf Double Looping Howell Lambeth slapped the desk and his body shook with mirth. He let out a final set of "haw haws" and used his thumb and forefinger to squeeze the tears of laughter away from his eyes. "Good golly," he said. "Those anti-Mormons. I just...