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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... months longer and so for that period my friend found himself at a loose end . And just when he was making up his mind what to do with himself he received a letter from Alix . She was coming back to France and had a tour booked ; she ...
... months of it . Oh , how short the time seemed and how quickly the weeks sped by ! Sometimes he had wild dreams of abandoning everything and throwing in his lot with the acrobats . They had come to have quite a liking for him and they ...
... months . If I can have that it'll be worth it . ' Mrs Chester came up two days before the wedding . She had not seen her husband for several months and they were shy with one another . It was easy to guess that when they were alone they ...