The Adventure of the Speckled Band the snake wrong, a theory that the swamp adder was an artificial hybrid between the Mexican Gila monster ("Heloderma suspectum") and "Naja naja". His speculation suggests that Doyle might have hidden a double-meaning in Holmes' words. What Holmes said, reported by Watson, was "It is a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India"; but Klauber suggested what Holmes really said was "It is a "samp-aderm", the deadliest skink in India." "Samp-aderm" can be translated "snake-Gila-monster": "Samp" is Hindi for snake, and the suffix "aderm" is derived from "heloderm", the common or vernacular name of the Gila monster generally used by
The Homecoming (short story) to accept his son’s sexuality." The Homecoming (short story) "The Homecoming" is a 2011 science fiction short story by Mike Resnick. It was first published in "Asimov's Science Fiction". A man who has had himself surgically transformed into an alien comes home to visit his mother, who is dying of an ailment that causes dementia. "The Homecoming" was a finalist for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Jim C. Hines noted that the story "had a lot going for it", but also that its conclusion "felt too quick and easy", observing that it could be read as "a