Richard Burley is dead. Long Live Richard Burley.
This isn't the sort of supernatural story you might suspect it is. It's really an examination of the possibilities of what it is to be Richard Burley, which in a real sense is an examination of what it means to be YOU. For Richard isn't just my alter ego; he's yours, too. He's a little like everyone, and a lot like no one you know.
In essence, this is the story of some of the many alternate realities that are somehow affected by Richard's untimely death, and his efforts to help them recover, so that he can move on, or come back, or do whatever it is he's going to do by the end of the book. Read it yourself and find out.
Incidentally, for those wondering, there are at least two stories in this collection that are basically rock and roll fanfic, including a rather lovely story featuring someone not entirely unlike the late, great Chris Squire of Yes fame, and a short piece about an aging rock star who isn't entirely unlike Roger Hodgson, formerly of Supertramp.