In these strange, funny, and unnerving stories, animals become the litmus test of our deepest fears and longings.
In the title story, an elephant keeper courts danger from his gentle charge; in "Miss Waldron's Red Colobus,"
a headstrong young woman in Africa is lured by the freedom of the monkeys in the trees; in "Talk Turkey,"
a boy has secret conversations with the turkeys on his friend's family's farm; in "Slim's Last Ride,"
a child plays chilling games with his pet rabbit; in "Gallus Gallus," a pompous husband projects his
anger at his wife onto her prized rooster.
Table of Contents
1. Animal crackers
2. Home sweet home
3. Reasonable terms
4. Preservation
5. Slim's last ride
6. Hit man of the year
7. Talk turkey
8. How to revitalize the snake in your life
9. Gallus, gallus
10. Bloodworks
11. Miss waldron's red colobus
