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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... street and the number of a house . When Ashenden walked along next morning to keep his appointment he found himself in a street of rather vulgar red - brick houses in a part of London that had once been fashionable , but was now fallen ...
... street and Yvonne proposed that he should take Alix home . He said he would be delighted . Alix said it was not far and they walked . She told him that she had a little apartment , of course mostly she was on tour , but she liked to ...
... Street she told him that a friend had come over from Paris with her and that she had to meet him at eleven : she had only been able to dine with Brown because her companion had a business engagement . Brown was exasperated , but did not ...