The sad, funny monster in Running the Light
Stand-up comedian Sam Tallent's hilarious novel follows a dumpster fire of a man looking for redemption. Is a monster still a monster if it knows it's a monster? Stand-up comedian Sam Tallent has fashioned a golem-like creature called Billy Ray Shafer and set him on an anti-hero's odyssey into a hell entirely of his own making in Running the Light (independently published), a book that is…