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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... playing , but I can't do that , he's got a perfect right to play so long as he doesn't play in the silence hours . I've offered to change McLeod's room , but he won't do that . He says Camp- bell only plays to drive him out of the room ...
... play with them ; though a fine player he preferred to play with Ivy Bishop , and McLeod and Campbell were agreed on this , that she ruined the game . She was the kind of player who , having made a mistake that lost the rubber , would ...
... play your violin ? ' the matron asked him at length . ' I haven't heard you play for a fortnight . ' ' I haven't . ' ' Why not ? ' ' It's no fun any more . I used to get a kick out of playing because I knew it maddened McLeod . But now ...