A crowd of dead people tries to hitchhike in the rain. A husband and wife awake to find that he has transformed into a pickle and she into a mango. A member of a rock star's entourage has recently been promoted to become keeper of the sunglasses. A man living in an elevator opens his mouth to release a swarm of flies. In Broken Accidents, Phlip Arima presents fictions in which the mundane and the surreal collide, and humour and sadness paint opposite sides of a revolving door. Filled with absurd conversations, monologues and sardonic descriptions of warped realities, Broken Accidents twists and squirms with incisive metaphor yet maintains a child-like wonder and curiosity.

Toronto-based writer, Phlip Arima, a well-known and respected performance poet, has appeared on stages across Canada and in the United States. His poetry videos (produced by Vision Television) have aired nationally and his first collection of satirical fiction has received many favorable reviews. Phlip co-organized and hosted The Basement Reading Series for two years and is currently on the Board of Directors for The Art Bar poetry reading series.

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