Three stories about men reasserting their masculinity. The Couillon A prissy real estate broker is haunted by the ghost of a wife he murdered stalked by horror fromn an unquiet grave. The Flank Strap A hard-boiled oil well driller lets a phantom fromt he future influence his choices for love and fortune. The Ascendant A gone-to-seed ex-con spins his big house stories. But are they true? For anyone that s been to prison or even thought about going.