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One autumn evening in New York, Jack Flanders walks into an all night coffee shop, and finds himself stepping out into the tropics. He encounters his long lost uncle, Sir Henry Jowls, who convinces Jack to steal a green stone. But Sir Henry is replaced by another Sir Henry, who insists Jack return the stone to the mythical city of Mer-Kahbah. To reach that city, Jack must cross the Twilight Realms of the Hungry Ghosts and they are quite hungry.

Somewhere in the tropics, yet another beach resort is being built. As they bulldoze a road through a valley the locals consider sacred (the dwelling of a Nature Spirit), the jungle begins to spring up everywhere else. At Maria's Cafe', chairs are sprouting leaves, vines are creeping over the counter, and orchids are growing from the walls. Meanwhile, Jack, Mojo and Claudine are attempting to prove the Nature Spirit not only exists, she may have just begun to "even the score".

Gypsy Markoff, local psychic, advises New Age Nancy; Ducks Quakenbush woos the wealthy heiress, Penny Nickelson-Dimes; bookie Blue Jaw Magoon leans on ex-con Pipes Malone; mechanic Born Again Bily prays over Willie's carburetor; Donna Dollardaze, check-out clerk, meets the Mysterious Stranger; gallery owner Waspy Charmichael runs wild in the woods, and on it goes.... Life in small town America as seen through the eyes fo Meatball Fulton.

Wherever Rodant Kapoor attempts to hide in this vast universe of ours, his Mother always find him. So when the Techno-Witches, Onoffon and Offonoff ask Kapoor to try out "The Rapturizer", a device they're invented that's based on "The Rapture" (where one ascends into Heaven), Kapoor gladly accepts. He steps into, "The Rapturizer", and Poof, Rodant is Rapturized! But Mother Kapoor, claiming she's about to kick the bucket, convinces Ruby, along with Teru & And/Or, to go after her wayward son.

A delightful vacation in Bali turns into something else as Jack is confronted with black magic, dreams, and spectral visits from a Balinese holy man who sends Jack through a circular doorway to a wold where those who step in rarely step out.

Here is the complete radio sci fi/fantasy series (except "Green Menace" and "Ah-Ha! Phenomena"), including such strange tales as: "The Thing That Ate Aunt Sophie", "The Tongue that Licked Tucson", "Boogie Woogie to the Stars", "Bobby Bonecutter and the Pink Pearl Erasers", "The Cheesemen of Mars", "Rocket Pierre and The Peanut People of Pluto", and about a dozen more.

Mojo receives a call from "The Whistle Stop Hobby Shop". He's told his pocket watch has arrived. It's a gift from someone named "Rufus". But the pocket watch has no hands or numbers, just an opaque face that reminds Mojo of a zombie's eye. Mojo is mistaken for the detective, Rufus. He's hired to find Angelina, the missing sister of Philadelphia gangster Tony Rizzo. By using his watch as a portal, Mojo is able to look beyond the veils of this world, and he traces Angelina to a mysterious train.

Illuboo Roi is a planet inhabited by pear-shaped beings with pointed heads. Ruby is hired by Oop Boop, an Illuboo, to uncover a secret society known as "The Illusionati". When the Digital Circus is invited to Illuboo Roi, Ruby, Teru, And/Or, and Rodant Kapoor travel incognito as performers. Meanwhile, doppelgrangers, grown out of bio-flesh, are replacing infuential Illuboos, perhaps even Oop Boop!

When Jack Flanders came to Inverness and got into all kinds of jams, Little Frieda became his help-mate, keeping Jack alive as he hopefully learned one lesson or another. But here, guided by the wisdom of her ancestors, she finally lays it all out, tells it like it is. With music by Time Clark.

People feel there's something "witchy" about Amy. She is tormented by an oval "light" that appears at random. Amy fled to Costa Rica, where she was born, but the light has reappeared. Jack and Mojo try to help, but something very powerful is happening, and it may be traced back to an old African god.

While Jack Flanders is scuba diving in the great barrier reef off Belize, he discovers a sunken pirate ship. On board are two skeletons poised as though playing chess, and every time he returns, the pieces have been moved. One of the pieces looks a lot like Jack.

Invisible balls of energy are causing hallucinations within the walled city of Old Quebec. Jack and Mojo try to locate the source of these "eyes". When a little girl with pigtails, smoking a cigar, is seen about town, Jack suspects Litte Frieda is involved. When Jack speaks to Claudine on his cell, she appears before him; when he hangs up, she vanishes.

In the small Caribbean town of San Miguel, Jack and Mojo begin to hear stories of islands that appear and disappear. They soon discover there are strange ghost-like beings that visit the town when the islands appear. They are called, Luc-an-oona (those who bless us). But when one of Jack's crew visits the ghost island, strange things begin to happen.

Lucas Trust has it all - money, a mansion, an island, a gorgeous girlfriend. But his shadowy past returns and Willie, who has been painting Luke's house, suddenly finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery. Meanwhile Short Top Detroit, a fictional paperback detective, has taken up residence in Willie's head. But Short Top isn't a very good detective, and Willie finds himself in some bizarre and dangerous situations.

Ruby steps into a tavern called "The Tickly Tentacle". Standing behind the bar, polishing four glasses at the same time, is her old friend the Tookah. Since it's a quiet afternoon, the Tookah relates to Ruby some of the schemes and scams he's run on other planets, and how he barely escaped with his tentacles intact.

Ruby, Teru, And/Or and Rodant Kapoor return to the planet of Illuboo Roi. T. J. Teru has been invited by Prince Haw-Hee-Bop to open the Forbidden Tombs of the ancient Phar-Oops. Of course, the wily Prince forgot to mention the Black Curse of the Phar-Oops. Once inside the tombs, they discover the gigantic sarcophagi of all 14 Phar-Oops. They also unleash the dreaded Curse!

In a little theatre, off off off Broadway, Simon Gray is attempting to direct a production of Macbeth, but every actress who plays Witch #3 disappears. Simon calls in his old friend, Mojo Sam. When Mojo sees an actress vanish before his eyes, he brings in Little Frieda. When Little Frieda plays Witch #3, she also disappears. When she reappears in the Realm of the Muse, Little Frieda meets the real Witch #3, the one Shakespeare based his character on, and she is sizzling mad and out for revenge.

These are stories about gangsters, bimbos, cons, cops, detectives, lovers, losers, platinum blondes, high heels, mink coats, and neon signs reflecting on rain-slicked streets.

Joe and Moe are two guys sitting in a bar talking about women, cons, cops, capers and Lady Luck. Among their stories: "A Fine Lot of Lollipops": two punks make the mistake of hijacking a truck belonging to Big Louis; plus "The Lollipop King"; "Miracles and Wonder Bread", "Nina the Nudist", "Night Train to El Paso", "Don't Shoot Live Poets", "Life Dangling Lessons", "All Good Hoofers Go to Heaven"; and 13 more!

Here are 50 short stories about investors in musicals, angels taking walks on the wild side, a man risking his life for a jelly donut, and much more.