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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... reason why we shouldn't get just as good reports from the other agents . It's merely a question of explaining exactly what we want . ' Gustav , who lived at Basle , represented a Swiss firm with branches at Frankfurt , Mannheim , and ...
... reason why you should not get some of it . We could give you information from time to time that the Germans would be prepared to pay for . ' Gustav drummed his fingers on the table . He took up a sheet of the now useless report . " The ...
... reason that my good wife shouldn't earn a little pin - money . Would you think ten francs an hour too much ? " ' No , ' said Ashenden , ' I should think myself lucky to get a first - rate teacher for that . ' ' What do you say , my dear ...