Man Against the Horses!

Four absurdist novelettes explore revolution espionage social strife cars motorcycles and horses. In Space Time and Tania bumbling ex-Texas Department of Public Death officer Marty Brimfeeler probes the death of a brainwashed terrorist. Traumatized by finding Tania's cryptic notebook full of edgy metaphysical queries Marty flees Houston on a dynamite-festooned motorcycle as World War III erupts. Man Against the Horses! describes how five horses in Paris Texas have finally had enough. They break out of their corral charge down the highway and imbued with fresh superpowers reduce the city of Dallas to rubble. In The Highland Park Cadillac Races hapless insurance executive Bobby Thompson plagued by numerous philosophical qualms proves his manhood on the mean streets of Dallas. Finally The 66000 M.P.H. Bicycle showcases special agent Atoka surveilling Houston on his nuclear-powered bicycle until software glitches trap him on a coastal freeway.