I got “Dipper’s and Mabel’s Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun” in the mail today, and it is one heck of a great book. There are secret messages all throughout it that are written in the newest symbol cipher:

And I just finished decoding them all. Holy crap you guys. I’m putting em under a cut, they’re really intense.

The code first appears on p. 20-21(which is also the first part to make mention of Bill): DIPPER WROTE A THEME SONG FOR HIMSELF AND SINGS IT IN THE SHOWER

p.30-31: AFTER NIGHTMARES MABEL MEOWS HERSELF BACK TO SLEEP

p.52-53: SOOS KEEPS CANDY IN HIS BELLY BUTTON FOR EMERGENCIES

p.69: STAN WAS A BABY MODEL

p.76-77: THE MAYOR OF GRAVITY FALLS IS NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD

p.80-81: WENDY WISHES SHE LIVED IN PORTLAND

p.88-89: THE END OF THE WORLD IS CLOSER THAN THE END OF THE SUMMER

p.92-93: SOMETHING STRANGE IS BURIED UNDER GRAVITY FALLS

p.94-95: TIME BABY IS WORRIED ABOUT BILL

p.96-97: BUD GLEEFUL WANTS TO RUN FOR MAYOR

p.106-107: MCGUCKET HAS SEEN TERRIBLE THINGS

p.108-109: GRENDA WILL MARRY RICH

p.116-117: THAT BURNT TREE BY SOOS’S HOUSE IS ODD

p.118-119: SOOS WRITES FAN FICS ABOUT STAN

p.124-125: THE GNOMES HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE NORTHWEST MANOR

p.132-133: DIPPER AND MABEL’S FATHER WORKED IN COMPUTERS

p.142-143: ROBBIE SECRETLY DRAWS ANIME

p.144-145: THE INVISIBLE WIZARD KEEPS UNTYING DIPPER’S SHOES

p.148: THE GOVERNMENT CAN BE FORGETFUL

p.150: GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL