Welcome to Metraville! Population: ambivalent. Metraville: the all-terrain city with 4x4 sprawl, high-octane amusements, and wanderings a must. Metraville: THE CITY OF SOME TIME OTHER. Metraville: Full to the brim with discarded banana peels just waiting for its citizens to slip on. Where is Metraville, you ask? Why, through a fog, passed a slumbering nightwatchman, and outside all known city limits. Do not fear Metraville. Your tax dollars aren’t going toward its infrastructure. None of your gravy is spilled over Metraville living. And what of the Metravillians, you ponder? Have you ever seen one? No, no you haven’t. Until now, you’ve only heard inaudible voices through poorly tuned and fragmented frequencies within the snow of your minds. Enter these wood-be-gone pages to eye Metravillians in all their sweet vaudevillian stasis. See the Ventriloquist who attempts to euthanize his dummy. Cheer the judge that exiles mothers. Wonder at Metraville’s first Astronaut who has returned to Earth. Always remember, Metraville Is!

Jamie Popowich is the author of the stories, Metraville (Insomniac Press, 2011), and co-created the documentary, Run Run It's Him (runrunitshim.com).

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