Issue #0

Eureka: A Novel

Plot

"The change in Otis starts with an antique toy fire truck, the exact model he had pined for at age ten but never received. Though it is now a collectible costing $12,350, he will buy it - because he can. Next comes a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun, ordered from the Nostalgia Today catalog. A Kansas City Chiefs regulation NFL helmet follows. But Otis's real coup is the purchase of his one true childhood passion: a red 1952 Cushman Pacemaker motor scooter. For his baffled wife, Sally, this is the final straw. She insists that he see a shrink - a sloppy man with flowing hair who uses terms like "mature men in crisis" and "second childhood syndrome." Otis is unimpressed - and extremely insulted - by the doctor's insinuation that his baldness is to blame for his sudden interest in toys.".