Bill Baxter is a referee and a man of simple tastes; he likes sports, sweet tea, and a well-manicured lawn. So what if he's more than a little gullible and his friends aren't exactly ambitious? He's got a fun job, an awesome mower, and a wife that...well, tolerates him. But when a smooth-talking conman makes off with his life savings, his tidy little world starts crumbling around him. His football-obsessed neighbors are trying to kill each other, his sister refuses to move her dead husband out of her living room, and his lazy unfaithful wife (who he can't help but adore) wants to fleece him in a divorce settlement.
Is there hope for poor Bill, or is bad luck all he has to look forward to?

J.C. Bass is a 28 year-old writer from Kentucky. In 2010 he won the Dantzler fiction award for his short story 'Parking Lot Follies'. He's got noisy neighbors, too many bills, and a smart-ass sense of humor. He is also the author of 'Unwise Guys','The Poet and the Bastard', and 'A Man and his Lawn.'