Misfits, conspiracy theorists, pirate radio DJs, and the supernatural populate the imagined Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Matthew Simmons' Happy Rock. Call it rural fabulism or small town surrealism--those missing out on domestic tranquility search for the possibility of escape.

Matthew Simmons lives in Seattle, WA, with his cat Emmett. He works at the University Bookstore, is the author of the novella A Jello Horse, and has been published in numerous print and online journals. He is the interviews editor for the journal Hobart, a frequent contributor to HTMLGIANT, and blogs as The Man Who Couldn't Blog.