Neanderthals, a bong-sucking Bat Boy and a long-suffering woman raising a clone of herself are the primary characters in this off-beat and edgy collection of stories. Richter writes with volatile energy, hurtling through her stories while flying seamlessly between the eccentric and the mundane. Objective and straightforward, her observations may sometimes sting, but Richter never backs down from upping her characters' antes. Often scathing, sometimes disturbing and frequently funny, Richter leaves the reader between dreamscape and reality.