Spelled Wrong

by Matthew David Brozik

Nathan Spector is a part-time forensic etymologist with the government. Most of the time, he has little work to do. Mainly, he fields questions from agents working on crossword puzzles. When an aide to a senator is found dead for apparently no reason at all, Nathan alone realizes that something supernatural is afoot. Feeling guilty after inadvertently betraying the wizardly community in his official capacity, Nathan decides to look deeper into the crime, unofficially, enlisting the aid of a new witch friend to solve the mystery quietly. Nathan discovers who murdered the aide and why… or so he thinks. In fact, only later does he learn the truth. But by then, Nathan doesn’t know whom to trust, and he can tell almost no one what he’s learned. Ultimately, Nathan puts all the pieces in their places, only to leave himself stuck in a place from which he might not escape.

226 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2020

About the author

Matthew David Brozik is a lawyer-turned-copywriter and the author of several quirky, humorous books, including:

• THREEINCARNATED

• TWIN FREAKS

• THE VOWELS OF THE EARTH

• ODDER SPACE

• SPELLED WRONG

• CHAMPION AT THE BIT

• DANGER ...WITH A HARD G (named one of the Best Comedy Books of 2017 by SPLITSIDER)

• WHIMSY & SODA

• TAKING IVY SERIOUSLY

He's also co-author (with Jacob Sager Weinstein) of THE GOVERNMENT MANUAL FOR NEW SUPERHEROES, THE GOVERNMENT MANUAL FOR NEW WIZARDS, and THE GOVERNMENT MANUAL FOR NEW PIRATES (Andrews McMeel) and (with Lauren Krueger) of GOOROO'S *PRO*-MAGNON KITCHEN.

He earned a Pushcart Prize nomination for short humor. His pieces have been featured by The New Yorker, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Grin & Tonic (Barnes & Noble), and AdultSwim. His short fiction has appeared in various publications in print and online.