About This Book
This is a collection of short stories. All of them are lies, in one way or another, but even some lies have a kernel of truth inside. All stories by Curtis Edmonds, author of A CIRCLE OF FIRELIGHT, RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY and WREATHED.
Stories include:
Advice for Young Writers
Agents of T.A.L.O.N.
A Brief History of the Diet Pepsi Eradication Society
Big Game Hunter
Brief Recaps of “Low Bandwidthâ€, an Imaginary Reality Television Show About Media Addiction
Clayton Delaney, RIP
Consider the Red Lobster
Contest Rules For Aluminum Ticket Promotion
Debating the Real Issues
Eat This, Not That â€" Interplanetary Version
Fact Check
Guys, Can We Maybe Not Invite Hank Williams, Jr. Over For Our Football Party?
Gordon Ramsay Spends a Week In My Kitchen
Hey, Can We Stop Fighting Just Long Enough So Both of Us Can Get Off This Narrow Metal Catwalk?
Interview With A Non-Vampire
Kevin Sullivan, Holiday Mediator
Let It Go
Lies I Have Told
Llanwyn The Unforgiving Seeks Vengeance at a Strip Mall Starbucks
My Yelp Review of that Italian Place in Manhattan Where My Stinking Ex-Boyfriend Works
The National Institute of Precognition Research Reluctantly Rejects a Prospective Fifteen-Year-Old Applicant
No, Sweetie, That’s Not Elmo
Occupy Leap Year
An Open Letter to John McPhee, on the Occasion of the Publication of My New Novel
An Oral History of Our Magazine’s Decision to Print the “Message From the Elder Gods†Advertorial
The Political Spectrum
Program Listings for IndirecTV
Punch List
Q. Thornton, Undercover
Safe Word
Submission Guidelines for The Coconut Wheel: A Literary Exploration of Candy Crush Saga
There Is No Reason For You To Get That Upset
Twenty-One
Welcome to Flavortown!
What I Plan To Say In Case I Run Into Any Celebrities When I Am In Southern California Next Month
What Does Your Flying Car Say About You?
Yankees Broadcaster Michael Kay Would Kindly Like You to Stop Overusing His Home Run Call
You Should Try At Least One Wasabi Peanut