A Functional Man and Other Stories

Poor Carl. He can't write a simple check to save his life. He can barely drive a car. And yet he's positive he can undo the monumental disaster he caused back at the laboratory.

Professor Horst Langsammachen, it's been rumored, has found a way to hurl a baseball at close to the speed of light. Now if only he can find his way to the pitcher's mound.

And what a mess Willis has made of things, all because he's incapable of answering simple yes-or-no questions.

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Poor Carl. He can't write a simple check to save his life. He can barely drive a car. And yet he's positive he can undo the monumental disaster he caused back at the laboratory.

Professor Horst Langsammachen, it's been rumored, has found a way to hurl a baseball at close to the speed of light. Now if only he can find his way to the pitcher's mound.

And what a mess Willis has made of things, all because he's incapable of answering simple yes-or-no questions.

Here are but three of the characters you'll find in this varied collection of stories about those who can and those who can't.

And those unfortunate souls who are often at their mercy.