Bad reality day? Maybe you need Occam's Blunt Instrument.
The philosophical tenet known as Occam's Razor would have us believe that the simplest explanation is usually the best - but is it?
If the face of a ghastly fiend suddenly appears in your mirror, do you book an appointment with the beauty therapist or the vicar? Ever had an out-of-body experience only to forget where you parked it? Have you ever worried about the chemicals they put into your homeopathic medicines and later been disappointed on looking up "hydrogen oxide" in a reference book? Or, perhaps, you have stared so intently into the darkness looking for ghosts that your eyes have gone funny and actually seen some...

If you are tired of the mundane and decidedly unsuper natural world then this collection of short stories from Dermot Glennon (Karma Veranda [Mucusart, 2003]) and Paul Neads (ed. Ballista & The Ugly Tree) is the prescribed restorative.

Left: authors Glennon & Neads at Manchester's New Aeon Books

"Razor sharp" - Salford Advertiser
"Utterly superb! I savoured the richness and splendour of the language like a fine wine" - Marvin Cheeseman, poet & performer
"Short sweet and to a very obtuse point, these short stories had me laughing out loud. Just the right size to digest a quick one over your break, I cannot recommend it highly enough" - amazon.co.uk review

Available from the online shop, payment via PayPal or cheque made payable to Flapjack Press, £3.99 + £1.75 p&p, & Amazon.

Flapjack Press, 6 Chiffon Way, Trinity Riverside, Gtr Manchester M3 6AB, UK