A man who became the idol of millions of mother-loving spiders. Notable dialogue (in a psychic ward):
"No, no, Doctor, not insane. They are absolutely
reasonable - according to the Higher Reason. They
are organized and directed and strictly on
schedule. To call the incidents insane would be
almost like calling me insane."
"Mr. Scarble, we don't keep you here for your
pool-shooting ability, though you're good at that.
We keep you here because you're very sick -
mentally. Now listen to me carefully: You are a
man, and not a spider."
is a story a Lafferty fan would like. 
are short stories, that are either really boring or just lesser variations of a recurrent theme.