Mysterious creatures modeling a mechanical kingdom in an abandoned country house; golden youth furnishing their own tombs in the Egyptian style; superheroes taking over television studios in hopes of becoming famous on reality TV; the inexplicable disappearance of a spaceship...In nine witty stories, Kelly Link describes a crazy and extremely similar world to ours, in which everyone, from teenagers to a Hollywood actor stunned by a midlife crisis, persistently seeks change... And they find more and more new problems!