num_pages: 172
description: Three short novels by the author of the cult classic MotormanCOTTAGE INDUSTRYA bloody family drama about the bastard child of Charles MansonAfter aiding in the murder of his aunt Charles Mansons illegitimate son starts his own home euthanasia business. Frequently interrupted by a PBS radio broadcast on American culture Junior and Lorna capitalize on the populations desire to end the suffering of their family members with quick and painless death while living in their parents basement. As the business grows so does Juniors love for the job.WIND WAGONAn absurdist western for the screenAfter killing a gold prospector shooting his own foot with a rifle and killing a smithy Howard Dewey sits in a jail cell marking his time on the wall with lampblack watching crickets copulate sticking pill bugs in his ears and memorizing the Bible. While Deweys beard grows longer his failed partner in crime Jonah settles down on a worthless homestead to farm prairie dogs with his mail-order bride from Kansas City. A baby boy is born to them four months premature with a birthmark the shape of a vestigial third eye. Meanwhile her entire family put in the ground by Dewey and Jonah Miss Katie Binder a woman with the power to heal all addictions waits in an empty house for the legendary wind wagon to come tearing across the desert.THE DEVIL IN KANSASPhilip K. Dick meets the Cohen BrothersAfter Sherry lights her house on fire with her motocross star husband trapped inside she sets out on a road trip with her seventeen-year-old son Joey  a talented musical saw player  across the country and into a bizarre alternate universe called Witchy Toe which Joey has previously visited. Like Terry Gilliams Brazil or the corporate world of Kafka the rules in this alien city change daily on the whims of unseen masters. As they struggle to survive in this strange new world Sherrys not-quite-dead husband sets out on a slaughtering rampage from Colorado to the heart of Texas.
language: English
title: The Devil in Kansas: 3 Stories for the Screen
publisher: Lazy Fascist Press