The Last Café sits beside a long-forgotten highway near the tiny, remote town of Spruce, Colorado. Presiding is poet laureate, Morton Poom, Spruce's most famous native - actually, its only famous native. Despite his lofty literary achievements, Poom aspires to write pulp mysteries, an ambition to which he is not well suited. As well, he discusses philosophy with his dog and claims he was once abducted by aliens who journeyed to Earth to find out why its inhabitants prey upon each other.
Poom introduces us to the Last Cafe's collection of meddlesome "Sprucites," and relates an epic tale about the time not long ago when a killer blizzard stranded a group of travelers for two memorable days. Together, the travelers held hostage to the raging storm are forced to stop and examine their lives, sometimes laughing and sometimes crying at what they find.
Poom details the many "goings-on" that transpire during the storm, but more importantly he tells us a little about life and the souls who populate it. It's The Last Café; that's simply how it is.
