Imburt Hawkins is just a regular teenager trying to get through high school in the seventies, especially with a name like Imburt. Add the fact that he had a very conservative upbringing, with his father working for the church, and attended a likewise conservative boarding...

An American semi-retired dentist, Dr. Ulysses Manque is looking after his sister-in-law Amelia's house under repair in Venice, Italy. A local water bus captain, Lorenzo, asks Dr. Manque to examine the corpse of a fish-like creature cut in two and without a head. To his...