The Elephants of Chiang Mai

Surrealist humor meets deadpan pathos in Theo Michelfeld's short story anthology The Elephants of Chiang Mai. A range of genres from science fiction to satire to slice-of-life realism. Themes exploring social isolation, authoritarianism, and animal welfare. Worlds to inhabit, from the jungle to the roadhouse, the halls of academia to the surface of Mars and beyond. Stories that provoke and inspire and appeal to a common humanity. 

Teenage malcontent J.R. Daddio renounces his father’s auto garage, leaves his home and family, drives off in his ’72 Nova, and gets abducted by white supremacists. Imprisoned at a remote, neo-Fascist stronghold in the Pennsylvania woods, he proceeds to orchestrate a desperate escape plan. However, outrunning the consequences may prove the challenge of his life. Set in the 1980s, touching on modern political themes, The Four Headless Horsemen of the Apocalypse Apologize delivers action, intrigue, romance, horror, pathos, humanity and heart.