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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... train fever : an hour before his train was due he began to have apprehensions lest he should miss it ; he was impatient with the porters who would never bring his luggage down from his room in time and he could not understand why the ...
... train . ' ' I never miss a train . Have you got good seats ? The chef de gare has gone for the night ; this is his assistant . ” The man in the bowler - hat took it off when Ashenden nodded to him . ' But this is an ordinary carriage ...
... train tonight . ' Ashenden's spirits went up . They landed . The little Jew looked after his luggage and had his passport examined and then , getting into a car that waited for them , they drove off to the Consulate . ' I've had ...