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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... there ; but the police could never lay hands on him , and they only learned that he had been in some city when ... there's a gang of these Indians in Berlin ; well , he's the brains of it . If he could be got out of the way I could ...
... There's no bread , no butter , no sugar , no eggs , no potatoes . There's fish and meat and green vegetables , and that's all . ' Mr Harrington's jaw dropped . ' But this is war , ' he said . ' It looks very much like it . ' Mr ...
... there on account of his rank . The table was in no way different from any other , and it was not more advantageously ... There's no one in this beastly place that knows one note from another , ' said Campbell . With a derisive chuckle ...