With Thurberian prose, lots of twists and turns, and a wild but not quite woolly imagination, this collection of a Portland, Oregon, writer's humorous tales are fresh, funny, and sometimes a little sad.
Jeffrey Shaffer has been writing humor and commentary for more than 25 years. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Detroit Free Press Magazine and The BARK. From 1998 until 2008 he wrote a twice-monthly column for the Op-Ed page of the Christian Science Monitor. Because his work ranges across a wide variety of topics and includes both fiction and non-fiction, trying to place him into a particular category is nearly impossible. In 1997, when his second humor collection was published (It Came With The House, Catbird Press) one of the stories was selected for publication in CLAIMS, a trade magazine for the insurance industry, while another story was picked for the 11th edition of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. One critic has referred to his humor as "The Twilight Zone meets Winesburg, Ohio."
Shaffer is a currently a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
