How these things work (Hollywood style):
“It’s in the horror genre. Probably not your thing.”
“Try me,” said Bernie.
“Okeydoke,” Nixon said. “Return of the Fruit Fly.”
“Fruit Fly?”
Nixon shook his head. “That was the original. Return of the Fruit Fly’s the sequel. You know how these things work.”
“What’s it about?”
“Kinda like The Fly but with a fruit fly.”
“A mad scientist turns himself into a fruit fly?”
I couldn’t have been more lost. At the same time I suddenly felt pukey, for no known reason.
(from CAT ON A HOT TIN WOOF, the latest Chet and Bernie mystery, narrated by a dog, yes, but NOT a talking one.)