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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... Miss King's room was two floors higher than Ashenden's , and as he accompanied the chamber - maid along the corridor and up the stairs he asked her what was the matter with the old governess . She was flurried and ... Miss King 35 MISS KING.
... Miss King's room , but on listening could get no one to speak . The bell continued to ring , so he went upstairs and knocked at the door . He entered with his pass - key and found Miss King lying on the floor . The telephone had fallen ...
... Miss Atkin's sharp eyes , and from her it went to the matron and so to Dr Lennox . Because she had been coming for so many years , she sat at the same table as McLeod and Campbell , together with an old general who had been put there on ...