Out of a Shakespearean-wild Midwest dust storm, a man rises.
Imbued with melancholy cheer, Dog on Fire unfolds around a family\'s turmoil, past loves, and a mysterious death..
Against the smoky prairie horizon and despite his seizures, a brother builds a life.
Whoever noticed my brother, with a family as normal as this? the beleaguered sister asks.
Every family is this normal, insists the narrator.
The cupboard is filled with lime Jell-O, and there are aliens, deadly kissing, and a restless, alcoholic mother who carries a gun.
What about it? asks his father.
Close your eyes, says his nephew.
Just a glimpse of him, says his sister; every inch of him, says his guilt-filled lover.
Out of a Shakespearean-wild Midwest dust storm, a man rises
