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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... Templeton isn't the sort of chap to play bumble - puppy bridge with a girl like that unless he's getting some- thing out of it , and she knows a thing or two , I bet . ' Ashenden , who saw most of them , knew them better than any of the ...
... Templeton as he was with her . He had seen the flush that coloured her cheeks when Templeton came into the dining- room and he had noticed the soft glance she gave him now and then when he was not looking at her . There was a peculiar ...
... Templeton to know that he was not going to recover . The death - look was on his face . ' D'you know what I've done ? ' asked Templeton . ' I've asked Ivy to marry me . ' Ashenden was startled . ' What did she say ? ' ' Bless her little ...