This is Bob Sheed's first collection of short stories. Funny, menacing, absurd, moving, they have been described as "Rich in plot and character, showing an imagination of extraordinary reach." They gained him an MA in Writing from Sheffield Hallam University, where one examiner called them "Impressively inventive." Here you will find a man who falls in love with a straw effigy; a woman betrayed by her clone; a vicar planning to kidnap his bishop; a graffiti artist who comes out of retirement to take on a town's developers; a cuckoo clock with a bizarre role in an Italian brothel. Defying categorisation, these stories display an exhilarating variety of style, setting and mood.