So, what do you make of that title?

The Sofa King... really?

What kind of a story collection is this?

Judge for yourself, Gentle Reader. Here are the five tales that await you, should you be so brave.

• In "The Sofa King", a hapless ex-furniture salesman tells a cautionary tale of the exuberant Harold Kubanda, a one-of-a-kind Customer From Hell.
• In "Into the Kiln", a frantic young Wendall makes a desperate drive across several states to raid the mailbox of his long-time girlfriend Cassie... before she can open a package that he mailed her himself.
• In "The Jaded, the Jaundiced, and the Violet", Jimmy Hanson is a sallow, middle-aged man who has one small joy in his small, slow life. But one year, when autumn comes early, one small choice could ruin everything he's built.
• On a stormy night at an inn on a remote island, two employees hear the rumor of a most unlikely threat. Can Edgar pry the truth from "Mad, Mad Malvolio" in time?
• Finally, in "Free Soles," a young office drone named Matthew meets two odd old women on his subway commute who issue a challenge that could threaten his entire worldview. Or even worse... his job.

Prepare for some strange little stories, my friend. I doubt you've read anything quite like these.

If you've a taste for odd characters with bizarre enthusiasms, ridiculous situations, and bemused bystanders, you've plucked the right volume from the shelf.

Get it now.