That's just for starters. Vincent Gardner's Panic on the 7:03 follows the success of Crazy People with fifteen finely-crafted tales, generously sprinkled with humor, drama, black comedy and, this time around, a dash of romance, a healthy splash of cats and even some sci-fi. Gardner's eye for the absurd is as sharp as ever. "There's nothing like a smug cat," he says, "to unflinchingly critique the human condition. That's why there are four cat stories in this book. Humanity's going off a cliff."

Fans of Gardner's robust black humor and slightly unsettling comedy will be thrilled with this latest book, which sits neatly in the modern tradition of humorous literary writing by Margaret Atwood, Joshua Ferris, Caitlin Doughty, Maddie Dawson and David Sedaris.

Table of Contents:

• Year of the Cat
• What Are You Reading, Marilyn Hamel?
• Another Beer
• A Thousand-and-One Mornings
• Sons of Gord
• Chuzzleworth and Snitte
• Polonius Was Nuts-Lending Money's a Riot!
• Panic on the 7:03 (from the cat's perspective)
• My Hands Are Full of Weeds
• Local Man Drives Closed Course
• Naked Retirement
• The Sounds of Summer
• Clearly Now
• You Say You Want a Revolution (the cat again)
• How Could He?