Double Bird

A collection of stories by Bud Smith. Odd little ducks ... A man finds a seashell and it tells him to do things, some bad, some good … An adjunct professor decides he doesn’t want to teach at the community college anymore, he begins a journey into the underworld, his dog at his side … A giant eagle egg is found lying on the lawn, it shakes and continues to grow larger, and larger … Let’s out go on a date with someone who has little tiny tigers in their blood … Let’s make love to a severed head … A man is crushed with a car and asks a personal favor of the driver, he wants to run some errands around town before he dies—cash this check at the bank, pick up stamps at the post office, go with you on your job interview … These terrible things all happen, but other glowing dreamlike good things happen too. Double Bird. Vivd. Odd. Hurtful. Unloved. Wet with dew. Out of its mind with joy joy joy.