Jeff Erbach
There is an evil lurking around Sandford that has an unquenchable thirst – but for what…or whom?
The Nature of Nicholas is a surreal story of twelve-year-old Nicholas as he struggles with an attraction to his best friend.
In a nondescript house, while female Martin watches pornography, male Martin tries to repair his "tool" so he won't have to resort to his third hand again.
In a murky, subterranean butchery, obscure tensions grow between two burly butchers as they hack apart slabs of flesh and bone.
On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden and his farmhands, who threaten to feed them to a voracious beast if they ever disobey. The newly arrived Linus instantly catches the warden's eye, and begins to receive secret visitations from a mysterious girl. The other boys tell Linus the legend of a special boy who fled the farm and became a glorious angel that will one day return to free them all. When Linus asks the girl if she is the angel, her answer is enigmatic. After the warden's favorite boy dies, Linus is poised to become the next victim. The girl reappears and promises to help him escape, but with hope comes punishment.
In a small town plagued by mysterious sightings of several large creatures roaming the streets, Gavin, living with his insensitive father; believes he will have more freedom as a frog than a human being. Gavin Frogboy is a story of a neglected boy, his unconventional solutions to his problems and the paranoia of a small town.
