What cries out from the jungle floor? When would you accept that you are no longer living? Where do failed demons go? PUNCH/PANTS is thirteen stories by J.D. Buffington, including his first published stories of science fiction & horror, such as Gate and Dark Hands, to modern speculation and questionable reality in The Alien and the Last Man of God and Veil. Here there is something for every reader, literary fiction, science fiction, horror, and even a western. This compilation introduces the author and his evolution as a writer with insights into inspiration and the writing process.