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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... face to face with the man of whom he had heard so much and in a day or two hoped to become acquainted with him . It is never very difficult to get to know anyone who has a dog . But he was in no hurry ; he would let things take their ...
... face of it there was nothing to mar Ashen- den's pleasure in the golden morning . The air was fragrant . Caypor was full of conversation . He told funny stories . He was gay and jovial . The sweat rolled off his great red face and he ...
... face , with large , pale - blue eyes , and when he took off his hat to wipe his brow wet from the perturbation he had endured he showed a large , bald skull ; it was very bony and the ridges and protuberances stood out disconcertingly ...