Geoffrey Neil, his wife and talkative son live in Los Angeles with a useless, ungrateful fish that Geoffrey threatens at least once daily. Completing a novel is a grueling process for Geoffrey, but he can’t break his writing obsession even though he likes sleep, TV and people more than keyboards. His stories use disturbing implications more than graphic depictions to provide a satisfying thrill with little blood–a tactic many readers find equally assaulting on the senses. Geoffrey’s overactive imagination and genuine fear of almost everything (You’d be shocked.) are tools that help him write thrillers, but also get him wound tighter than an eight-day clock. His wife calls him the mayor of Stress Town. This scares him. See? Try one of his other books. You never know … that could boost Geoffrey’s spirits enough to save a pathetic fish. Do the right thing. Do it for the fish.