The boys wanted tools for their birthdays. They wanted to make things. They didn't get what they wanted. The boys will make do; the boys will learn to improvise. Mother and Father won't like it. A chilling and bizarre tale, like nothing else you've ever read. Really.
Bonus "Wednesday."
Michael Canfield writes about monsters, superheroes, couples, bank robbers, babies, astronauts, paranoids, background artists, hobbyists, and other people. He has published mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, or just-plain-odd stories on StrangeHorizons, futurismic, EscapePod, M–Brane SF, in dead-tree magazines including Realms of Fantasy, Talebones, Black Gate, Flytrap and other places. His novelette “Super-Villains” was republished in the prestigious The Year’s Best series, edited by Rich Horton. Born in Las Vegas, he now lives, works, plays, writes, and watches television in Seattle.