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I have landed in the Garden State, which I am told is a death sentence—that I will die of the Dread Minus. Here, from the foot of the affrighted towers of puppeteer power, I simply wonder, as a horror and science-fiction writer might be forgiven for doing, what is this world, this place that is entirely ruled by fear?

Contents

Feral Teens 7

When the Strength of Men Fails 12

‘Surfy, Crocodile Grabbing Cowboys’ 17

Ruined 25

‘Occluded from Our Understanding’ 33

A Loner 36

Meat-Puppet Mopheads 41

Meatsuit Civics 45

Matter and Reality 56

My Monstrous Muse 71

As the World Burns 76

Mescaline Frank and Machete Hank 78

An Email to a Longtime Lover 83

Spiritualism versus Feminism 85

Electric Dan Asks 93

Maimed Warrior 96

Tyr - The Norse Gods 96

Doctor 98