W H (Wade) Johnson

The Man with No Hat W H (Wade) Johnson

Three dozen short stories by Canadian Novelist/Author W. H. (Wade) Johnson. Meet Rose and Albert, Walter the dog, the Rat Slayer, Katz and Quixote, Rocky and Ape and Doug, whose name is really Neb, who comes from the Dark Matter The Man With No Hat - a man struggling with his demon of alcoholism When I Grow Up Too - reflections of younger days gone by Death of An Uncle - a boys first experience with the death of a loved one. Leo Lung - a homeless man reveals a mystery from long ago Me and Bobby - a boy talks of his time with a friend Boy In The Mountain - a seven year old goes missing in the BC Caribou country Gratitude - a women tells about her neurotic rescue dog The Road - on a desolate winter highway, a women comes across a body on the road All of a Sudden - an encounter between a speeding car and a dislodged tire The String Lady - a women with multiples personalities The Last King of Iceland - an elderly man relives a life 800 years ago Dinner With Dick and Jane - the couple from upstairs have a dinner party The Ronald Stumpf Show - a TV Talk Show host intoxicates his guests The Grocery Talk - a neighbour might be a reincarnated relative Friends - a young boy makes an old man be his friend Rocky and Ape - the adventures of two young friends The Lollipop Man - a drug dealer sells deadly suckers The Main - confrontation between a young drug dealer and an upstart Katz and Quixote - sibling felines share very different lives My Friend Lenny - a boys summer at the lake and his Down Syndrome friend Pay Day - Rose and Albert go shopping Rat Slayer - the tragic life of an exterminator Sally Monroe - a woman's secret life is revealed The Laughing Cat - Albert watches life and death in a box Song of the Uncaged Bird - a boy, his first gun and lessons in life Provocative Odors - Walter the dog sees things differently Shit Soup - it's not so bad being fat Testimony of Two Men - a young man and an old man have different points of view Shoot The Wounded - Detective Sandusky just wants to retire The Life and Times of Ross Harper - a new friend turns out to be something unexpected Opposable Thumbs - Walter the dog goes to the cemetery Rose Porter - an elderly woman can wait no longer Yard Apes - why are children like that The Grandfather Bridge - Albert and Albert get time together Dark Matter - Doug is not what he seems to be