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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... sure your speech will come back to you in a minute . ' He felt certain then that he saw in those dark eyes a desperate effort to speak . He could not be mistaken . The mind was shaken by desire , but the paralysed body was incapable of ...
... sure you want to go down to Cook's , ' he said . " Thank you . That is very amiable of you . ' When a little later he went there himself he found her standing in the middle of the office . Her face was distraught . She ad- dressed him ...
... sure of that . I don't want Dr Lennox to hoof me out for putting the fear of God into his bloody patients . ' Then Ashenden's nurse came to take him back to bed . Even though he had only sat out for an hour , he was tired , and was glad ...