A red light blinks, and a phone rings.

“Looks like I have a new adventure,” says the world-famous spy. He picks up the phone.

“It’s urgent!” says the president. “Your country needs you!” The president, like most world leaders, believes that the spy is one of his citizens. Every country wants to believe that someone so handsome and clever and strong is one of their own. The spy only believes in money. The spy is from nowhere.

Originally published in The Yelling Continues in August 2025.