Mystery Solved!

Read the post below to learn about The Mystery of The Book That Never Came, then come back to read the solution.

Solution to the Mystery of the Book That Never Came:

It turns out I have two accounts. One under a username, and one under my e-mail address. They both have  different account histories, but otherwise they are the same.

In other words, for some time now, there have apparently been two of me placing orders with Powell’s.

“How odd,” the friendly woman on the phone from Powell’s said when I explained that I had ordered a book this afternoon only to find it on my mailbox when I got home.

Then she called up my order.

There was a pause on the line.

“It’s just unfolding,” she said, “much like a flower.”

I thanked her for the poetic touch.

A moment later she was able to cancel my order.