Bryan's Story that came with Rubber Bat:

I was working as a custom leather fashion designer in Hollywood CA in 1999 at a place called S.K.K.I.N. We were doing up scale design for people like Insync, Lenny Kravitch and Madonna, not to mention a few other people. I had worked leather before so I was a shoe in and wanted an insider view of the fashion industry. After about a year of doing this I moved to Alaska for the summer to work as Exc. Chef aboard scientific research vessels in the Prince william Sound,

The Story Jessamyn Submitted with Potato Bunnies:

Have you ever aspired to become a potatobunny watcher, or simply wanted to learn more about these fascinating creatures?

Then this pamphlet is for you!

Includes introduction to history, growth-cycle and anatomy of this gentle species, as well as a detailed pictorial guide to the many varietals.

Regina's Story about the Three Skulls:

What do you make when you're thrown into a pottery with no experience in sculpting? Skulls, of course! I found skull cookie cutters on eBay and spent a few weeks making the damned things. Many skulls emerged from the clay, but only these three remain. They were meant for assemblage art, but I never got around to it and they calmly requested that I not donate them to charity like I did to many of their brothers. When I get to tidying, I often rid myself of much of my "work." This trio is looking for a purpose...

Rachel's Story About Headless Gabriel

Lauren's story that came with 25 Door Plates

So I'm sitting in sculpture, looking out on the water and I think to myself "Jesus Christ, I don't need all this stoopid shit I've been collecting". You see, for the last 12 months I have been collecting flat round things.. anything, pennies, I lifted a sign off the curb the other night because it was a disk shape.

Terri's story about Saint Adolph Wolfli: 

He begged me to create him. Even as I made him, I knew he was wretched in every way possible . . . I don't even remember how I found him . . . heard of him . . .

Since Nik is so "interested" in what I purchase and since he owed me another story, I've asked him to put together an imaginary shopping list for me.

What does that mean? I'm not really sure -- let's leave that up to Nik to interpret. 

My imaginary shopping list for Rosalie:
6 pack of Unicorn blood
Bottled Gypsy tears
Kraken E-Z Squeezin' Cheese
Plastic Hammer
Ugly Baby Finger Puppets (Assorted)
Teleporter
Interocitor
Robot shavings (Assorted)
Giant Pterodactyl egg (Organic)

Coy's story that came with Robot Baby Picture:

RX23 was very excited when his son arrived from the factory, hoping he would end the rift between the families. Being PC and American to boot, while his wife was pure 100% Japanese engineering (Honda), meant that many thought they would be totally incompatible. RX23 took it all in stride, though.

The families fought on occasion, as is to be expected, and his wife's family, was always the more sophisticated of the two, but still, they loved each other.