The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld. Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled-and annoyed-by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven more stories which are set on the house boat. There is no central theme, and the purpose of the book appears to be as a literary thought experiment to see what would happen if various famous dead people were put in the same room with each other. Each chapter is a short story featuring various souls from history and mythology. In the twelfth chapter the house boat disappears.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	February 14, 2018
ISBN13	9781985342835
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	96
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 5 mm · 140 g
Language	English

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