One day, while his girlfriend is away working in the city, he develops a communication with the bugs and insects that live in and around his home.

Caring Sharing A four way love story, set in New York City, between Travis and Karin and their giant Emotos Brion and Jane.

The tales in this collection demonstrate a new control and polish, without sacrificing anything in terms of inventiveness or plain weirdness.

Like his 1994 novel, My Idea of Fun it attests to Mr. Self's ability to render even the most bizarre, Twilight Zone-like events with convincing verisimilitude while enthralling – and often horrifying – the reader with his scathing, Swiftean humor."

The dark devices Self relies on still bring gasps of admiration and shock, but for a successful author who has long since navigated the thicket of pubescent self-loathing there is a risk that they also serve a cynical purpose, providing cover for a failure of sustained imagination.