Author Cormac McCarthy asks Mike and his Mystery Team to come to his ranch and help him find an ending for his latest novel. Mike discovers that the ranch is being haunted by the El Chupacabra - and rival author John Updike.
After receiving a cryptic message for help on an IBM punch card, Mike goes to the chess tournament where IBM's chess program Deep Blue and Grandmaster Garry Kasparov are having a rematch. Mike mistakes Garry for a Grand Wizard of the KKK.
After one too many fatal accidents involving Mike and astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin, Mike travels to the Moon to investigate the conspiracy behind the fact that he can't stop killing astronauts - or was it astronomers?
Mike wakes up with mysterious bites on his skin causing lots of itching. Following doctor's orders, he kicks Pigeon out of the house just in case it's mites and he's the carrier. But what if Mike's wrong?