The first short story collection by the acclaimed author of The Prodigal Troll. Contents: Wild thing—Pervert—Still life with action figure—A Game of chicken—Lucy, in her splendor—The Frontier archipelago—The Seal hunter—The Smackdown outside Dedham—Footnotes—The Political officer—Fading quayle, dancing quayle—After the gaud chrysalis—The Factwhore proposition—We come not to praise Washington.