At the last lick of a heat stroke summer, a broke ex-stockbroker in the Georgia boonies succumbs to his neuroses, sets fire to his house, and drives into town to shoot six holes through the front window of his internet service provider’s regional outlet. Leroy Spasmo has been waiting for this moment for years, cultivating dependencies on alt media, stewing in conspiracy theories, and deepening a grand resentment for the family that left him, and the world that left him behind.
His defiant video message, recorded drunk with pistol in hand before the store window, goes viral on the internet. In a flourish of inspiration, he paints a worldview of government mind control, social disintegration, and a grand Helsinki Hijink led by nefarious Swedish agents. But is he a joke to the powers that be, or a prophet to their peons?
Released in audio-only and read by the author, this absurdist satire of democratic misadventures in the post-truth era comes from Cherry Hill Press in 2021. It is available from Cherry Hill and on Audible.