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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... called Constantine Andreadi is on his way from Con- stantinople with certain documents that we want to get hold of . He's a Greek . He's an agent of Enver Pasha and Enver has great confidence in him . He's given him verbal messages that ...
... called herself Rose Auburn , but what her real name was few knew . She had gone to Paris originally as one of a troupe of dincers , called the Glid Girls , who performed at the Moulin Rouge , but her astonish'ng beauty had soon caused ...
... called Anastasia Alexan- drovna Leonidov ? She's the daughter of Alexander Denisiev . ' ' I know all about him of course . ' ' I have reason to believe she's in Petrograd . Will you find out where she lives and what she's doing ...