American Slang is proud to present: Our founder and sole proprietor, the multi-talented multi-tasking artist Caleb J Mannan, releases his ridiculous novel The Hong Kong Phooey on Substack because no one can stop him:

“It’s 1969, and USN Corpsman 3rd class Del Foster McAllister Jr is on the eve of being shipped to the Vietnam War when a worldwide pandemic threatens the very existence of humanity. McAllister, the only known human on the earth with a miraculous immunity to the deadly Hong Kong flu, becomes an unlikely hero in a journey that reveals there is much more to the story than meets the eye, and the truth is funnier than you think…”