A friend of mine finds himself in desperate need of airfare to see his wife (not sure of details, but I think his wife moved to South America while he stayed here for school or something), so you should all buy his book. And if you like it, you should buy others in the series.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=astral+cafe

I must confess I don't know much about it, having never read it, but as best I can tell, it's fantasy/sci-fi about a cafe in a strange place where many different universes converge. Plenty of strange interactions between different beings

I've read a little of his other stuff, and been a player in campaigns he's DM'd, and he is a pretty good writer.