Sometimes the unexpected happens. No matter how unlikely, or even impossible, the unexpected event may be, it has to be dealt with.In these stories, people face some very bizarre circumstances. Sometimes they cope successfully, and sometimes they fail to cope.Some of these stories are broadly comic, while others are quite serious. Most are somewhere in between. I'll leave it to the individual reader to determine which is which.As the author, I am very proud of these stories. I enjoyed writing them and I enjoy re-reading them. I hope others enjoy reading them too.While it was not something I thought about while writing them, I think some of these stories would have made suitable episodes for The Twilight Zone.IT'S ALL IN THE MINDA psychologist"s new patient claims he is ceasing to exist.MURPHY'S HAUNTDue to a cosmic clerical error, a ghost comes back to Earth to haunt the wrong man.JIM THE ELFA man encounters an ill-tempered elf in the restroom of a bar.GUILT BY MIS-ASSOCIATIONThe police hound a man for information about a woman he's never even heard of.CABBY OF DEATHA taxi driver's passengers start mysteriously dying en route.THE MAGIC BOXA man finds a magic box, which transports him to increasingly weird dimensions.MADE FROM EACH OTHERA man wakes up in the hospital to find he is now a woman, with her own past and family.A PUBLIC SCOLDINGIt's never pleasant to get chewed out in public, but this is just ridiculous. But there may be an ulterior motive involved.MR. JARVIS THINKS HE'S DYINGThe doctors say he isn't, but he's convinced.ON A CROSS COUNTRY BUSHis trip takes a most unusual detour.SPY GAMEA real-life spy mistakes a woman for his contact. Does she want to get involved? Can she avoid it?MEMORY TWISTEach morning a man discovers something in his life is not the way he remembers it.IDENTITY CRISISJust who is the crazy one around here? And does it really matter?* Plus some previously published bonus stories.