Hocus Pocus
Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Here is the adventure of Eugene Debs Hartke. He’s a Vietnam veteran, a jazz pianist, a college professor, and a prognosticator of the apocalypse (and other things Earth-shattering). But that’s neither here nor there. Because at Tarkington College — where he teaches — the excrement is about to hit the air-conditioning. And it’s all Eugene’s fault…..Read More
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