Robert Freeman Wexler has been forming his version of the fantastic for many years. Recent publications include his first book, novella In Springdale Town from PS Publishing, and stories in Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, The Journal of Experimental Fiction, The Third Alternative, and Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet. He began this story while sitting under a tarp in 95 degrees at the Kerville Folk Festival, Kerville, Texas, 1996. Many draft later he thinks he’s finished with it. He was born in Houston, Texas and now lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio.