I have not yet finished the last story, but I couldn't wait. This boy is so bizarrely talented I have no idea where to begin. For sure, not all of the stories are total winners, but damn can this kid write. The different voices, the moral tone, the evocation of time, space, time/space, the absolutely hallucinogenic skill and joy in language. "John Billy" is so damn strange and so damn wonderful, sporting, among other gems, the priceless: "The cleft rigger got levitationally joined by some other civilians." Get on the stick and ride this puppy.