God Laughs When You Die : Mean Little Stories from the Wrong Side of the Tracks

A host of drug dealers meets a foe they cannot kill. The president accidentally invites demons into the country and watches the pope turn into a sabertooth tiger. A man, dead since 1920, lives again in present-day Los Angeles to satiate a malevolent goddess. These tales by Boatman are disturbing, terrifying, and traumatizing.