Amusing collection of short stories and personal essays. Starts out with modern retellings of old fairy tales and myths. Very inventive twists on familiar stories. I know a little of Timothy Hurley's life (very little) and was amused to find some tie-ins between his life and the stories. Highly readable and very quick -- I read the entire collection in 2 days. Stories are all pretty short, which makes it a good collection to pick up and put down when you have a few minutes to fill and don't want to delve into a longer read.