Publisher's Synopsis
Three dozen short stories by Canadian Novelist/Author W.H. (Wade) Johnson. Meet Rose and Albert, Walter the dog, the Rat Slayer, Katz and Quixote, Rocky and Ape and Doug, whose name is really Neb, who comes from the Dark MatterThe Man With No Hat - a man struggling with his demon of alcoholismWhen I Grow Up Too - reflections of younger days gone byDeath of An Uncle - a boys first experience with the death of a loved one.Leo Lung - a homeless man reveals a mystery from long agoMe and Bobby - a boy talks of his time with a friendBoy In The Mountain - a seven year old goes missing in the BC Caribou countryGratitude - a women tells about her neurotic rescue dogThe Road - on a desolate winter highway, a women comes across a body on the roadAll of a Sudden - an encounter between a speeding car and a dislodged tireThe String Lady - a women with multiples personalitiesThe Last King of Iceland - an elderly man relives a life 800 years agoDinner With Dick and Jane - the couple from upstairs have a dinner partyThe Ronald Stumpf Show - a TV Talk Show host intoxicates his guestsThe Grocery Talk - a neighbour might be a reincarnated relativeFriends - a young boy makes an old man be his friendRocky and Ape - the adventures of two young friendsThe Lollipop Man - a drug dealer sells deadly suckersThe Main - confrontation between a young drug dealer and an upstartKatz and Quixote - sibling felines share very different livesMy Friend Lenny - a boys summer at the lake and his Down Syndrome friendPay Day - Rose and Albert go shoppingRat Slayer - the tragic life of an exterminatorSally Monroe - a woman's secret life is revealedThe Laughing Cat - Albert watches life and death in a boxSong of the Uncaged Bird - a boy, his first gun and lessons in lifeProvocative Odors - Walter the dog sees things differentlyShit Soup - it's not so bad being fatTestimony of Two Men - a young man and an old man have different points of viewShoot The Wounded - Detective Sandusky just wants to retireThe Life and Times of Ross Harper - a new friend turns out to be something unexpectedOpposable Thumbs - Walter the dog goes to the cemeteryRose Porter - an elderly woman can wait no longerYard Apes - why are children like thatThe Grandfather Bridge - Albert and Albert get time togetherDark Matter - Doug is not what he seems to be
