and two provinces in more than 1600 performances since 1992. They are: A Fine and Pleasant Misery; McManus In Love; Pot Luck; Poor Again...Dagnabbit!; and Scrambled McManus. In October 2011, an index of his stories and novels titled "Where's the One About the Bobcat?" was compiled and published by Lauren Ball, making it easy for readers to find their favorite stories. Bibliography Magazine Columns Collections A Fine and Pleasant Misery (1978) They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? (1981) Never Sniff a Gift Fish (1983) The Grasshopper Trap (1985) Rubber Legs and White Tail-Hairs (1987) The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw (1989) Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! (1991) The Good Samaritan Strikes Again (1992) How I Got This Way (1994) Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures (1996) Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing (1997) I Fish; Therefore, I Am (2001) (anthology of 1st three books) The Bear in the Attic (2002) Kerplunk!: Stories (2007) The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories (2012) Sheriff Bo Tully Mysteries The Blight Way: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2006) Avalanche: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2007) The Double-Jack Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2009) The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2010) The Tamarack Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2013) Circles in the Snow: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery (2014) Other Kid Camping from Aaaaiii! to Zip (1979) Whatchagot Stew (1989), co-written with Patricia McManus Gass The Deer on a Bicycle: Excursions into the Writing of Humor (2000) Recurring elements McManus' shorter works include a recurring cast of fictitious characters and running jokes, both from the stories set in his childhood and as an adult. The foremost among the childhood stories is his "mentor" Rancid Crabtree, a colorful woodsman who lives near Pat's childhood home, who doesn't bathe because he believes that soap and water would wash off his 'crust', which would let germs in. Other recurring characters are his childhood best friend, 'Crazy Eddie' Muldoon, his rough-and-tumble mutt appropriately named Strange, and his adulthood friends, the goofy and dim-witted Retch Sweeney, his straitlaced neighbor, Alphonse 'Al' Finley, and his rich friend Fenton Quagmire. Throughout the majority of the stories is a recurring theme of McManus's lifelong love of hunting and fishing—which is mostly an excuse to just enjoy the outdoors, often in good company. Most of his friends likewise enjoy hunting and fishing, even if they aren't particularly good at it.