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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... stood the aquarium ; that was deserted at night and very dark ; things happened there that did not bear the light of day and prudent persons after dusk avoided its sinister paths . Beyond Posilippo the road was very solitary and there ...
... stood aside . ' Entrez . ' Chandra went in and the two detectives stood up . He must have suspected at once that they were police - officers and realized that he had fallen into a trap . ' Sit down , ' said Félix . ' I 115 GIULIA LAZZARI.
... stood aside to let her pass . They had eaten their meal without exchanging a word . She walked slowly to the door ; but the colonel stopped to say a word to a Swiss who might have been a local attorney , and when she reached it she stood ...