No sooner had they stopped praying for El Paso than they had to start praying for Dayton. Then one man stood up in the back of the room, his voice was shakey when he spoke: "Somehow we need to get out in front of these shootings. We need to pray for a shooting before it … Continue reading Thoughts and Prayers →

This motel is the kind of place where you could legitimately fear being turned into sausage by the owners if the flesh-eating bacteria in the pool doesn't get you first. Still, the velvet wallpaper is cute. Some of the guests don't seem as trashy as me. What must they think? We were drinking Black Label … Continue reading The Motel Wisconsin →

Now that I have your attention, check out Daniel Boyd's amazing mew review of my latest: The Librarian at the End of the World is not so much a novel as a perpetual-motion machine: part road-show, part parable, careening between surrealism and comedy as our librarian-hero and his patient lady set off in pursuit of… … Continue reading We just pulled out of the nuclear missile treaty Reagan negotiated with Russia, so please read my book before the world ends →

The Librarian at the End of the World presents a satirical romp across America, and is a recommended pick for readers who want to take the iconic Jack Kerouac classic On the Road one step further into absurdity. (Indeed, The Librarian at the End of the World combines the travelogue of Kerouac and the absurdity of … Continue reading Look what the Midwest Book Review says about little, old me →

The Librarian at the End of the World will be published this Fall. Which book cover do you like more?