Everything wrong with the world is wrong with books. When overworked assistant Sylvia Hix finds a strange moss smothering the library books, there's little to worry about. But when patrons start eating it, gaining direct knowledge of the books, then losing their minds-Sylvia has deep problems. Moreover, her supervisor is a glue addict, her best friend Albert is growing into a giant, and Clara Gamelin, the Library Board Director, is shaping her to be the next ball busting head librarian. It is a job she does not want.
TONE-BONE tells the travails of a queer anarchist biker in her 50s. Born Antonia Boniface, Tone-Bone is uncageable. She runs with a motorcycle gang called the Fuck Offs, who host punk shows and deal drugs.
They're getting into the occult and have found a rural witch/priestess in Paducah, Kentucky to help
separate life from the living.
But the priestess has summoned more than she expected in her dilapidated trailer. And Tone-Bone is the target.
Haunted, she roams the country trying to escape the necropotence that chases after her until she is forced to eliminate the contradiction that is her life.
This is a story that's an entropic love song for all things anti-fascist, whether the enemy is human or from the grim depths of distant stars.