 "Mr. Id" is about a self-destructive writer named Jack Maggot. Maggot cannot get his experimental prose published, so he works on the side "snuffing" published writers who have "sold out." He is contracted to find a writer on the verge of being published named Mr. Id. In his search for Mr. Id, Jack is led through his past, all the while indulging in his primal desires keeping him from becoming ordinary and writing a bland novel that will get him published. In the end, Jack must decide whether happiness is found in the things he needs, or just that which he wants.