Award-winning author and poet Michael Pollick grew up in the Midwestern town of Stow, Ohio during the 60s, 70s and 80s. His hilarious essays about growing up Stowbilly are all included in this special collection. Relive some of your own hometown memories as Pollick travels back to the land of Fourth of July parades, chipped chopped ham, schizophrenic school systems and Atomic Fireballs.

Originally destined for gourmet coffee can labels, the "Lost StoryHouse Coffee Essays" are microshort essays loosely based around coffee. The word "loosely" is a serious understatement. Eat a dead hotdog walking, hang out with Keef Richards, and be sure to share your best coffee cake while you go bottomless.

Pollick's love for poetry appears in the final collection, culled from his collections "Makebelieve Ballroom" and "Collateral Damage Report". Pieces from this collection have previously appeared in such publications as The Iconoclast, Birmingham Arts Journal, MOSAIC, and the Midwest Poetry Review.