A husband survives an autopsy and his wife has a complaint, a woman experiences existential dread after a police interrogation, twin sisters find the instrument of their father's ongoing death, and a contestant at a hot dog eating contest won't stop eating no matter what is in front of him. Also, poems about the withering and revival of love thought to be lost and angels with strange motives-this is a book that will make every reader laugh, cry, and hide every part of their body beneath the covers. This is Rice at his absolute best...and at his earliest; the oldest story taken from an 8th grade class assignment from over 30 years ago.