The advice in this book was gleaned from four years of Writer's Digest articles, from 1998 to 2001. At that time I was incarcerated and, unable to keep the magazines with me, I took to condensing the advice onto notepaper.

When bad things need to happen to despicable people, the universe finds a way....

Nanites are your friends... nanites will cure your body and give you peace of mind... nanites are your friends... let them in.

How shiny would your life look if your lawn bore a sign listing all your past sins?

Some horror stories are cathartic, others are entertaining. This story is merely horrifying. Enjoy!

How did Man make the change from hunter/gatherer to farmer? What forces moved us to settle down and build cities? Read "Evolution" and find out.

Alien rodeo riders....

This collection of short-stories features Cavanaugh's Cure - about a young man coming of age in a dystopian future - and Making Room - in which Allen Rose learns the danger of harboring two incompatible world-views. With twenty-one stories in all, (the longest being 16,395 words and the shortest 104, including the title) you're sure to find something to pass any amount of time.

What does one do with one's afterlife?

The old woman who swallowed the fly wouldn't have fared so well in the real world.

A story of an optimist who became a pessimist after nuclear war made his teeth fall out, and then became an optimist again when he found a new set.

A man can live and be happy with any evil in his past... until he can no longer hide from it.