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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... Russian , suffering evidently from profound emotion , and followed by a lady holding two children by the hand . The Russian , tears running down his face , was talking with quivering lips to the stationmaster , and his wife between her ...
... Russia and very solitary . He had protested when he was chosen for this mission , it looked too large an order , but ... Russian . The door was opened . He sprang to his feet . ' Come in , come in , ' he cried . ' I'm awfully glad to see ...
... Russian way she understood that Mr Harrington could not leave Petrograd without his washing . His insistence had ... Russia and the Russians now ? ' Mr Harrington asked Ashenden . ' I'm fed up with them . I'm fed up with Tolstoi , I'm ...