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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... Paris as his spiritual home . When the pasha talked of Montmartre and its life by night the prince was roused from his silence . ' C'est une bien belle ville , Paris , ' he said . " The Prince has a beautiful apartment there , ' said ...
... Paris . If possible please go and see her . Raymond Raymond was one of R.'s facetious noms de guerre , and since Ashenden was not so fortunate as to possess an Aunt Maggie he concluded that this was an order to go to Paris . It had ...
... Paris . I have a friend there who has made me serious propositions . I have wasted long enough over you and look what I have got from it . It is finished . Good - bye . You will never find a woman who will love you as I have loved you ...