Thirteen short and very short plays by John Weagly.

• Rock 'n' Roll music that opens a rift in time and space.


• A weird roadhouse down on the bayou.


• An evil cosmic deity running for Alderman of the 14th Ward.


• Shakespeare, sea monsters, spacemen, fishmongers and a bit of voodoo.

These are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of plays about things that don't happen, but probably should. Contents include: Alligator Whiskey at the Neon Cypress, The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today, Down There, Caliban Eats a Banana Cream Pie, The Fishmonger and the Fancy Lady, Loa Guys and Voodoo Dolls, Jug Band Blues at the Neon Cypress, An Uffish Acquisition, Conor and Stephanie Move A Chifferobe, The Spaceman and the Troglodyte, Strange Aeons and Free Hot Dogs, Toadstools and the Mechanical Man and Spirits of the Swamp at the Neon Cypress.

JOHN WEAGLY has toured the US as a writer/performer with “Authorized Personnel: A Comedy and Improv Team” and has had over 65 short plays produced by theaters around the world. His short fiction has been nominated for a Derringer Award 5 times, winning one in 2008, and has been nominated for a Spinetingler Award. He’s been affiliated with such respected theater companies as Great Plains Dramatist Exchange, Raven Theatre Company, Bloomington Playwrights Project, Screaming Media Productions, CollaborAction Theater, Second City, Circle Theater, Organic Theater Company, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga, Strawdog Theatre, Mary-Arrchie Theater Company and many others. His short story collections, TEN TENTACLES and VELVET WHISPERS IN THE CROSSFIRE NIGHT, are currently available.