Originally featured in the acclaimed story collection If It Bleeds, this unforgettable, mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse, taking readers through the extraordinary life of Charles ?Chuck? Krantz. In a crumbling world plagued by natural disasters, collapsing infrastructure, and mass panic, bizarre billboards and advertisements appear throughout town: ?Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks, Chuck!? Marty Anderson, a schoolteacher, becomes obsessed with these messages as the world, inexplicably linked to Chuck?s life, seems to be approaching its end.