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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... thought of three reasons the detectives might have given for seeking an interview with him and he wished that he were on terms sufficiently familiar with them to make the suggestions . This was really an insult to the intelligence ...
... thoughts . Ashenden was wondering where the truth in all this lay and R. wondered how much of it he could advantageously tell him . ' How did you get on to her ? ' ' I thought it odd that the Germans should allow her to dance quite ...
... thought , would prevent any awkwardness their meeting might have ; but he need not have had any anxiety , for five minutes after they had sat down to a plate of soup ... thought he was a clever man , but I thought 214 MR HARRINGTON'S WASHING.