In this uproarious novel, ridiculous characters emerge from San Francisco's countercultural underground to unleash their melancholy psychodrama on an unsuspecting world. Poets and vampires, drag queens and performance artists, musicians and strippers commingle throughout a yearlong hangover. Where will it end? Is there a 12-step program for these extreme cases? Already touted in Publishers Weekly as part of the emerging "dick lit" trend, Longhi's ability to render distinctly memorable characters and zero in on subterranean absurdity makes this a rollicking urban ride.

Short Fiction. "Tawdry tales told tongue-in-cheek..." (Lydia Lunch). "At one point, Debbie said to Jason, "That's what you and I have in common, we've both taken off all our clothes in front of large groups of people while we were on lots of drugs" ("Some Things You Wish You Could Forget"). Jon Longhi lives in San Francisco where he sells comic books, smut and underground literature for a living. His Rise And Fall of the Third Leg and Bricks And Anchors are also available from SPD.

The stories and novella in this collection illustrate just how bent out of shape some punks were - they knew something was really wrong and rotten in America. The stories relive the twisted glory days of homegrown DIY punk rock.