Enter the strange mind of Jason Erik Lundberg, hailed by The Guardian for “achieving emotionally resonant effects within just a few pages”. Let his imagination introduce you to an unearthly stargirl, a foul-mouthed wombat, slithering immortals, a fish with premonitions, and much more. These short stories, painstakingly selected from Lundberg’s first three collections, include a brand-new novelette—“Slowly Slowly Slowly” takes place in a future Singapore where an old folks' home takes the form of an actual zoo—and the author's preferred texts of “The Stargirl and the Potter” and “Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)”. Contents: The Stargirl and the Potter Always a Risk Wombat Fishbone King of Hearts Strange Mammals Great Responsibility The Time Traveller’s Son Slowly Slowly Slowly Kopi Luwak Complications of the Flesh Most Excellent and Lamentable Bodhisattva at the Heat Death of the Universe Bogeymen Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)