Russell Helms
1) Pianotown
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Disturbing and comical, Pianotown lays fame to a giant cat and kidnapped hitchhikers. When in doubt, the eclectic inhabitants of this surreal and twisted world consult messages on cans of hairspray scattered about town. Not for the faint of heart or kidney.
3) Knife
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Tightly knit, these five stories weave an unholy mélange of revenge and ultimate kindness-a Frankenstein tale, vignettes wired together and spanning a thousand years of language, birth, cruelty, justice, and incest.
4) Knob
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Oh, what a wonderful e-mail! Decline of the able-bodied greeter. Carefully hidden among the potatoes. Hot pear. Tooth strikes sink. My child is pretty. Is that your thatch? U.S.S. Pajama Bottom. Ectopic fantasy. Cat refuses to swallow hair, dies young. Save all Teds. The birthday party across the street functions without us, apparently without any weird or ill effects. Catheter stopped up. Talking pork rhizomes. The crazed pee. Errorotomy. Show daddy...
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The true self, in the face of depression, is the medicated self. Depression renders us incapable of living a full life free from dogged thoughts of gloom, despair, and even thoughts of self-harm. Prior to Prozac, depression was a fuzzy concept that carried much social stigma. Now, more than thirty years since its release, Prozac and depression are household words. Prozac made it okay to be depressed and to seek treatment. The unprecedented media fascination...
