About the Story: Alcoholism and drug abuse, just a few words to set the tone. John Anderson could never have guessed his life would end up this way. A past riddled with pain and loss haunts him every waking moment. He is not himself, but in a sense a different creature. A creature who knows the world not as his friend but as a stranger randomly encountered in a deli or on the streets. He is not of this world and neither is this world of him. Will he ever find his way or stay in his eternal daze of sorrow and melancholy?
