The Shih-Tsu

How far is an anonymous alcoholic willing to go in order to escape a toxic marriage to a psychically-cratered, shelter dog-abusing, diabetic-hating wife? Yes---sophisticated reader---that question has been asked.And there are more: How do a former Wall-Streeter, a rural county sheriff, a memory-impaired fashion anarchist, the Brawny paper-towel guy, a country singer, and a lawnmower-face aid and abet this high-functioning zero's journey? What happens when a giant's green beans touch his mashed potatoes? How do Somalians deal with sleepwalkers and flat-earthers? Who douses a horse in gasoline and lights it on fire? Why is that Wurlitzer grandma organ playing itself? Why does everything stink of skunks and fish? You are here.

How far is an anonymous alcoholic willing to go in order to escape a toxic marriage to a psychically-cratered, shelter dog-abusing, diabetic-hating wife? Yes---sophisticated reader---that question has been asked.And there are more: How do a former Wall-Streeter, a rural county sheriff, a memory-impaired fashion anarchist, the Brawny paper-towel guy, a country singer, and a lawnmower-face aid and abet this high-functioning zero's journey? What happens when a giant's green beans touch his mashed potatoes? How do Somalians deal with sleepwalkers and flat-earthers? Who douses a horse in gasoline and lights it on fire? Why is that Wurlitzer grandma organ playing itself? Why does everything stink of skunks and fish? You are here.