Ted Thompson

Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story [...]

Full title: Noisy outlaws, unfriendly blobs, and some other things that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures from the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story

The Land of Steady Habits

Anders Hill, entering his early sixties and seemingly ensconced in the "land of steady habits" -- a nickname for the affluent, morally strict hamlets of Connecticut that dot his commuter rail line -- abandons his career and family for a new condo and a ne