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 Story: "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 Fantasy: The Year’s Best series, edited by Rich Horton. Born in Las Vegas, he now lives, works, plays, writes, and watches television in Seattle.