What is “normal” anyway?
A teenage Goth escapes his mundane world through self-harm and make-up;
Ernest returns from death, only to find that life has lost its flavour;
Ed’s Christmas celebrations are interrupted by a zealous evangelist;
Joe’s parents are always fighting, but it won’t be long until he rescued from the pain by his favourite superhero;
Gary and his giant therapist find themselves changing each other’s lives
Kate plans to sabotage her husband’s dinner party, by demonstrating what sort of a family man Andrew actually is…
Each of the memorable characters in Stephen Shieber’s stunning debut collection provides a very different answer to the question. This is a book for anyone who has ever found themselves dancing to the beat of their own drum.