This volume contains two stories that thoroughly entertained me. 'The Ascension of Globcow the Foot Eater' is a short story/novella about an angel living in an attic, whose job is to rehabilitate a demon. This story encompasses fantasy, mystery and suspense, while exploring the core of good and evil. Can we change our nature, or are we destined to be one or the other?

'The Hobo' is a short, wonderfully strange piece of writing. Scabs the Hobo Dog has a tempting offer, but the price might be too high for the man in the attic.

Jeremy Shipp gets right to the heart of his characters and lays them bare on the pages. I find his fictional worlds both easy and pleasurable to fall into. ( )