<p>Five stories brush up against each other in the fictional metropolis of Blunt City. A man desires to be a modern-day king a Native challenges the status quo an immigrant tells his wondrous tale of travel an archivist searches for a piece of film history and a businessman finds his personal inhibitions lifted. The short fiction anthology spins yarns that are satirical comical pensive timely and absurd. These are the Blunt City Chronicles.</p>