VirtuaLife

About the Book

Mike Sweeney is the inadvertent creator and reluctant CEO of VirtuaLife, a company that makes multimedia gravestones. As the son of hippies, Sweeney understands that the universe is unfolding exactly as it should, but that doesn't stop him from sending out a prayer for his lonely life to change.

His answer appears in the unlikely person of Patricia Coffin, a very determined, very wealthy ex-debutante who has become the first female member of the Icemen, a white-supremacist militia. Expecting to die young and violently, Patricia hires Sweeney to create her virtualife in advance, catapulting him into a world of tweaked-out skinheads, rebellious employees, felonious cowboys and lunatic lawyers. Maybe worst of all, he keeps ending up in Denver, a city which seems to have a personal grudge against him.

And that's just the start of what the universe has in store for Sweeney. After all, he asked for it.

About the Author

Steve Kallaugher splits his time between western Massachusetts and New York City, where he works for The Wall Street Journal. He is a produced screenwriter, playwright and radio dramatist, and can be heard singing lead on Troupe DiCoupe's new CD, "So Young, So Desperate" (http://troupedicoupe.com).