WILL@epicquest.com: A Medicated Memoir

Tom Grimes has given us a fable for the 21st century world-complete with a normal, dysfunctional family, psychotropic drugs, and the information-overloaded cyberterrain of modern computers-that is part comic routine, part invective against modern life. Structured as an online journal of his escapades, Grimes' hero, the heavily-medicated Will, attends a university that was 'built over a swamp landfilled with garbage and toxic waste, then topped with asphalt.' Aided by his trusty sidekick, his computer Spunky, Will sets out on a quest to battle his arch-nemesis, Professor Dr. Bones, who has created a virus that threatens the survival of humanity and all that's good in this world, a nefarious disease called IS (Information Sickness). And like any good hero, Will encounters dangers and uncertainties, as well as a few beauties, along his way. But in the end, all bodes well for good Will and he finds salvation in the simple things.

Grimes' writing is a combination of David Sedaris and Charlie Kaufman, a modern tale told with caustic humor, subversive meanings and just a trace of poignancy. A story that will make you laugh and think, and what could be better than that?