Gemotions

The email contained a link to a website with her article. "Five Surprising Facts About Sloths," credited to "Professor Bartholomew Bumble." She felt a strange tingling sensation in her toes. The image of the editor's confused face was almost too vivid.

She let out a small, quiet exhalation. Professor Bumble. She rubbed her hands together, a faint flush rising to her cheeks. She was genuinely enjoying this.

She imagined herself, Bartholomew Bumble, giving a lecture on sloth behavior. She would have to go to the next conference, she thought. And she'd have a very good story to tell.