Midnight in Suburbia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781492783282)

"Midnight in Suburbia" is a collection of nineteen darkly humorous and twisted short stories by "Island of the Lost Souls" author Zack Matheson. Undead neighbors in suburbia, an airline flight from hell, a hitman with a bad case of hemorrhoids, werewolves tired of the negative public opinion of them, a pet psychologist specializing in pet eating disorders, the finer aspects of the most dangerous sport in the world: donkey basketball, guitar players so good they send their fans to rock 'n roll heaven, a terrorist plot to kill Santa Claus, a New Year's Eve in Tucson that leads one man to a desert compound where they keep rattlesnakes in jars, a night of debauchery with Mary-Kate Olsen, a car salesman who will do anything to receive perfect marks on customer satisfaction surveys, a man who wakes from a coma to discover he is living in a nation ruled by stupidity, a new house with an extreme pigeon infestation, teenagers on a killing spree in a nation numbed by financial disaster, and cannibal senior citizens living in the ruins of an Arizona retirement community are just some of the stories found in the pages of "Midnight in Suburbia," a collection of tales that takes the reader on a journey that explores the dark crevasses hiding just below everyday life in America. Once you take the trip, you might never look at things the same again.

Author: Zack Matheson
ISBN-10: 1492783285
ISBN-13: 9781492783282
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/10/2013
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d