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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... showed a peculiar knowledge of the mountain flowers . 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 ...
... showed a large , bald skull ; it was very bony and the ridges and protuberances stood out disconcertingly . He wore a bowler - hat , a black coat and waistcoat , and a pair of striped trousers ; a very high white collar , and a neat ...
... showed them the results of his examinations and explained to them in plain language what their condition was . ' All that's very fine and large , ' said Templeton then , ' but what we want to know is whether we can get married . ' ' It ...