Mark Saxer: 3 books

The Big Mark rides the rails in early 20th century America, lying in wait for the con men traveling alongside him. Portraying himself as a moneyed rube, he plays the short con against the long con and makes off with the money his would-be fleecers dangle in front of him before they realize they've...

One man moves into a single-room home, only to uncover a labyrinth of metaphor. Another possesses a cryonic chamber which enables his wife to adopt a vacationing approach towards existence. A third is troubled by his brother’s attempts to discern the patterns of a dead language from out of a Ouija...

A forensic psychologist who has been studying false confessors disappears, and each of his case studies steps forward to claim responsibility for the abduction. The Ministry of Irony, an ironic forecasting service, becomes involved in the case when it is revealed that one of its newest clients is...