Phone

A rude and arrogant businessman's life falls apart after he begins receiving silent calls on his mobile phone.

…His assistant reinstalled the phone's software for him after lunch, but it rang twice during that afternoon's finance committee meeting. "F**k," said Malfoy.
"You seem distracted," stated the VP of the acquisitions division.
"No shit," replied Malfoy.
"Aren't you supposed to be in London?" asked someone else…

Phone is a story from The World Is Round, available now.

A great philosopher's masterwork is unravelled by a duck, an influential talk show host begins executing his guests, and a baby enchants a murderous African dictator in this collection of seventeen short stories. A work of poignant satire and extraordinary imagination, The World Is Round is always weird, sometimes bleak, and frequently hilarious.