William Kotzwinkle

Meet Tommy Martini, the monk with an anger management problem. His meditations are interrupted by a legacy from his uncle, a crooked priest. Arriving in a New Age Arizona town to claim his inheritance, Tommy meets a charismatic cult leader and Mafia bill collectors....

Walter the Farting Dog is now a hero of the high seas! Everybody is having a great time on a cruise . . . until a terrible odor permeates the ship. All signs point to Walter, and so he is first banished down below, with the stinky cheeses, and then into a lifeboat to float behind the ocean liner...

Coalville is on fire. The mines are burning, and everyone has poison gas in their brain. Maybe that’s why the town is so corrupt. Now that he’s a monk, Tommy never wants to see the place again. But a girl he once loved has gone missing, and his best friend from childhood has been murdered....

Walter's family is holding a yard sale, but there are few customers. Walter, fartingcontentedly near Father, wonders why. When a man offers ten dollars for Walter, Father readily agrees. Walter wonders why. Walter is sad to leave his family behind, but relieved to discover that his new owner is...