Slippery When Metastasized

Telepathic hospice workers... a Danish prince haunted by his immortality... a naked mercenary with the ultimate bioweapon... a ghostly gunslinger in a showdown with the Devil's bandits... a writer losing his dog and his mind... a wormhole with a cure to every human ill... Inspired by the author's wife and her struggle to overcome cancer, Slippery When Metastasized is a collection of absurdist, cross-genre, darkly comedic fiction that explores the fears, sorrows, joys, and wonders of living in a universe that has shattered every human illusion. With literary influences ranging from Donald Barthelme to Franz Kafka to Ray Bradbury, the sixteen pieces of prose and poetry offer a blend of strangeness and humor across the genres of horror, science fiction, bizarro, and even spaghetti western, laced with metafictional techniques, social satire, and archetypal transformations of pop culture.