The narrator of its title story has a dream of soldiers playing polo with a dead woman's head, frightening his (*) white girlfriend, and enters a 7/11 where he intimidates a clerk by asking for a Creamsicle.
In one story in this collection, Samuel loses his job as a hotel maid on his birthday before tripping and falling face-first onto some railroad tracks. The title character of another story in this collection is put on trial for murdering two soldiers in 1858 even though he's living in the 20th century. A man remembers feeling like he could fly after jumping off the roof of his school in a story in this collection about a trip to collect the ashes of another character's father. The narrator of its title story has a dream of soldiers playing polo with a dead woman's head, frightening his (*) white girlfriend, and enters a 7/11 where he intimidates a clerk by asking for a Creamsicle. The author of this book used its stories, such as "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona," as the basis for his film Smoke Signals. Many of its stories focus on Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire, who are also part of its author's novel Reservation Blues. For 10 points, name this short story collection by Sherman Alexie, whose title refers to characters from a classic TV western.
In one story in this collection, Samuel loses his job as a hotel maid on his birthday before tripping and falling face-first onto some railroad tracks.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven