Once upon a time… many, many years ago in a world long since forgotten, there was a country called Anywhere. And in the land of Anywhere there was a fine and prosperous city called Anyplace and in this fine city lived a cruel and extraordinarily selfish woman who had three children, two girls and a boy....

In this tale from Anywhere, a selfish and cruel woman is embarrassed by her gay son and has him committed to The Asylum for The Strange and The Different. The Asylum is a bleak, desperate dumping ground for those society considers to have lost their minds after reading The Devil's Book of the Dead, or who are seen as different, difficult or just plain odd. No-one ever leaves the Asylum alive. But one special young boy has a plan- will it succeed?

A curiously magical tale to help you stay human in a world that has gone mad....

Welcome to Anywhere - a world very different from, yet painfully similar to, your own.

"Brilliant comic technique, and a glorious sense of moral outrage at the current mess in which our country seems mired, combine here to make a unique reading experience. Often laugh-out-loud funny, the real-life characters behind these innocuous fairy tales and fables hit you by surprise, a series of sharp rocks hidden in those snowballs. Amazingly, with all the faux-naievete and children's book elements gleefully displayed here, the writing never becomes twee or condescending."

- PRAISE FOR THE 'TALES FROM ANYWHERE' BOOKS FROM VINE VOICE.

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