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OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT That is a collection of off-kilter short stories, referred to as, "A smattering of the surreal or strange." -JMWW" ... a sprawling epic ... Our own world tends to slant towards being a pretty strange, wonderful and horrifying place. Bud Smith reflects that notion in his writing, in the most deeply human, affecting way possible - Drunk MonkeysTHE STORIES: A stalker comes into your house while you sleep to do your dishes and your taxes because of love. A D&D nerd searches for his lost Broadsword. A college girl becomes an entertainer (clown, Cinderella, cowboy) at children's birthday parties, but has to comfort her fear of children, and the creepily sexual requests of the parents. An aggravated dog and a belligerently drunken ghost wage war over the living room couch. Kids make firebombs and go out to play. A man makes peace with his girlfriend's cat, who just so happens to be a blood muzzled lion. YOU WILL Learn how to use a Tiger Tank to rob a bank to fund your vacation to Fiji. And you'll see what happens when Aunt Joan calls up on a broken cellphone, dishing out the winning lottery numbers from beyond the grave. Meet two donuts who fall in love and try to avoid the Big Hands. You'll come on a date to a supper club where the massive speaker cabinets might make your head explode when the band takes the stage."Outrageous and frightening real, Bud Smith's writing is always beautiful written and wildly entertaining." -Martha Grover, author of One More For the People."Because of his strange unconventional characters, yet truthful characters, Bud Smith's odd landscape of stories are, more often than not, the most disarming around." -Stephanie Bryant Anderson, Red Paint Hill