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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... morning when they reached their destination . Ashenden , having given his bags to a porter , walked along the platform to where Giulia Lazzari and the two detectives were standing . Ashenden nodded to them . ' Well , good morning . You ...
... morning lesson Mrs Caypor remarked : ' My husband has gone to Geneva today . He had some business to do there . ' ' Oh , ' said Ashenden , ' will he be gone long ? ' ' No , only two days . ' It is not everyone who can tell a lie and ...
... morning for the rest of his life . When he had put her in a cab , he called another for himself , went to the Cunard office , and took a berth on the first ship that was going to America . No immigrant , eager for freedom and a new life ...