Publisher's Synopsis
"Where I'm Crawling From" is a new collection of 12 short stories by playwright Wayne K. Greenwell that "gallop and sparkle and spit neon fire, alternately gonzo, bawdy, and lyrical, as weird and wonderful as anything this side of John Kennedy Toole." (Andrew Todhunter, author of "Fall of the Phantom Lord" and "A Meal Observed" (PEN USA winner). "From Greenwell's inventively-twisted world comes an intriguing collection of 12 stories that will keep you fascinated and propelled to the bitter end or the last laugh. Well worth the read."-Arnie Reisman, writer of Oscar-nominated documentary "Hollywood on Trial"; regular panelist since 1996 on the weekly NPR comdey quiz show, Says You! IN A WORLD WHERE... Fear of terrorism is used to manipulate everybody-by everybody, including plumbers, poets, waitresses. Genetically-modified corn has obliterated human orgasms-unless you hire the "feel agent" for the in-bedroom cure. Two blacks, a young graffiti tagger and old caddy master, fight racism-between them. A Zen master and his students-all striving hard for "ego death"-have their identities stolen via the gift shop computer. Smitten Albert Einstein, desperate to provide a proof of his love, might just restart the Universe. ...YOU HAVE TO LAUGH. * "Where I'm Crawling From" and 11 other stories by Wayne K. Greenwell skewer life's foibles, insanities-even reincarnation is no escape-with laugh-out-loud humor, accuracy, and compassion. This is dark comedy at its brightest and most thought-provoking-"John Updike meets Monty Python."
