AshendenA thief, languishing in prison for stealing moments, escapes and becomes a chronometric fugitive. Women wait in a long, endless line, night and day, without knowing what is at the beginning of the line. An otherworldly marble called the Ustek Cloudy passes through the hands of Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Earhart, and D. B. Cooper just before they each disappear off the face of the earth. Whether they are called fantasy, magical realism, science fiction, or parodies, the stories in this collection—the first from Gay Terry—blend the real and the fantastic in an imaginative and mischievous way. Written in the tradition of Ray Bradbury, Angela Carter, and Edgar Allan Poe, these contemporary fables present remarkable characters trapped in unusual situations. |
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... Harrington went on and on . The train went leisurely through the interminable steppes of Siberia . They passed villages and crossed rivers . Mr Harrington went on and on . When he finished a great speech by Edmund Burke he put down the ...
... Harrington was waiting for him and they sat down . They ate what was put before them . ' Ask the waiter to bring us some bread , ' said Mr Harrington . ' Bread ? ' replied Ashenden . " There's no bread . ' ' I can't eat without bread ...
... Harrington's futile obstinacy . In her Russian way she understood that Mr Harrington could not leave Petrograd without his washing . His insistence had given it the value of a symbol . ' I'll go downstairs and see if I can find anybody ...