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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... sent for him ? There were other English people in the hotel . There was an old pair , a retired Indian Civilian and his wife , to whom it seemed more natural that she should turn . No one could be more of a stranger to her than Ashenden ...
... sent here and then sent on by your wife , reached me in Geneva . ' " That is very probable . One of the things I had to tell you is that the Germans suspect that information is getting through by means of commercial letters and so they ...
... sent him , to carry it out . A vast amount of money was put at his disposal . The Ambassadors of Great Britain and the United States had been directed to afford him such facilities as were at their command , but Ashenden had been told ...