Full Description
David Gaffney's compact, surreal tales are filled with poignancy and wit. Each story goes off like a tiny depth charge in the mind, leaving you with the trace memory of some new urban myth - comic, absurd and disturbingly true.
Contents
Your Name in Weetos
The Lost Language of Hairgrips
Last to Know
Flying Lessons with Gary Numan
Intimate Zone
Happy Place
Where We Left Off
You Know, Quiet
'Uchafu'
What You Know is There
Pets
Killer Lines
Click
Into the World
Heavy Java Guy
She's Really Alt-Country
Smells Like
Some Call it Loungecore
Special Interest
We Are the Robots
Little Jan
A Good System
We Like it Here
No Turning
Last Chance to Turn Around
Mask
The Kids Are All Right
Tasting Notes
Wednesday Night's Alright for Fighting
Contact Time
Enclosures
New Best Friend
Potato Smiles
Shop Talk
Until You are Happy
Floydy
The Habits of Unstoppable People
The Way you Say 'Park'
Lady Pleaser
First Out
Light Lunch
With Tongues
On This Very Special Day
Cica Lights
The World Won't Listen
Smack
End of Line
Server Farmer
Kick inside
Pop-Tarts
The Funny Way I Feel Inside
The Heartless Chain
The Man Whose Head Expanded
A Personal Message
Doctor Logic
Dead Star
Do You Know Where I Am?
Life Just Bounces
