The stories are written in both the first and third-person, in Bukowski's trademark semi-autobiographical short prose style.

In keeping with his other works, themes include: Los Angeles bar culture; alcoholism; gambling; sex and violence.

The book was initially printed as Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness [citation needed].

The stories originally appeared in Open City, Nola Express, Knight, Adam, Adam Reader, Pix, The Berkeley Barb and Evergreen Review.

This article about a collection of short stories published in the 1980s is a stub.