In Trinie Dalton's tweaked vision of reality, psychic communications between herself and Mick Jagger, The Flaming Lips, Marc Bolan, Lou Reed and Pavement are daily occurences. Animals also populate her short stories: beavers, hamsters, salamanders, black widows, owls, llamas, bats and many more characters befriend the narrator. This collection is told by a woman compelled to divulge her secrets, fantasies and obsessions with native Californian animals, glam rock icons and horror movies. Dalton's stories show that magic and escape are always possible.