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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... night - porter fetched me and I went into her room I asked where His Highness was and she cried with all her strength : no , no . ' ' She could talk then ? ' ' Yes , after a fashion , but the thing that surprised me was that she spoke ...
... night and the room was stuffy his hands and feet were icy . What a nuisance it was , he reflected irritably , to have an imagination that conjured up pic- tures of things that you didn't in the least want to see ! From his standpoint as ...
... night and the air was still . The silence walked beside them like the ghost of a dead man . When they neared the station the houses seemed on a sudden to take on a greyer , more rigid line , and you felt that the dawn was at hand . A ...