The People's Republic of Everything

Welcome to the People's Republic of Everything—of course, you've been here for a long time already. Make yourself at home alongside a hitman who always tells the truth, no matter how reality has to twist itself to suit; electric matchstick girls who have teamed up with Friedrich Engels; a telepathic boy and his father's homemade nuclear bomb; a very bad date that births an unforgettable meme; and a dog who simply won't stop howling on social media.

*The People's Republic of Everything* features a decade's worth of crimes, fantasies, original fiction, and the author's preferred text of the acclaimed short novel *Under My Roof*.

**Table of Contents**

Introduction by Jeffrey Ford

Walking with a Ghost

Arbeitskraft

The People’s Republic of Everywhere and Everything

Tom Silex, Spirit-Smasher

The Great Armored Train

The Phylactery

Slice of Life

North Shore Friday

The Glottal Stop

The Spook School

A Howling Dog

Lab Rat

Dreamer of the Day

We Never Sleep

Under My Roof