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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... once been fashionable , but was now fallen in the esteem of the house - hunter who wanted a good address . On the house at which Ashenden had been asked to call there was a board up to announce that it was for sale , the shutters were ...
... once more put them in little piles . " The cards warned me , I will never deny that , their warning was clear and definite . Love and a dark woman , danger , betrayal and death . It was as plain as the nose on your face . Any fool would ...
... Once he went out of the way to pick one he saw a little distance from the path and brought it back to his wife . He looked at it tenderly . ' Isn't it lovely ? ' he cried , and his shifty grey - green eyes for a moment were as candid as ...