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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... fact at that season was nearly empty . There were few foreigners in Naples and trade was bad . ' It's all right , ' said Ashenden . The Hairless Mexican walked boldly out . Ashenden closed the door behind him . He shaved and slowly ...
... fact that he was engaged in espionage . Probably the Spaniard , with a very human desire to seem important , had done no more than talk mysteri- ously ; but on Caypor's information he was watched when he went to Germany and one day ...
... fact that could be of no interest to Ashenden . It flashed across his mind that Caypor had been summoned to Berne to see the redoubtable head of the German secret service . When he had the chance he said casually to the waitress : ' A ...