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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... turned frightfully pale ( ' I should never have thought an Indian could turn that colour , ' he said ) , and turned it over and over in his hand as though he could not understand what his own letter was doing there . Tears sprang to his ...
... turned round and stared at him and her features were gradually twisted to a look of horror . ' Il est pris , ' she gasped . ' Il est mort , ' said Ashenden . ' Dead ! He took the poison . He had the time for that . He's escaped you ...
... turned in his direction . Mrs Caypor had noticed the arrival of a stranger and had drawn her husband's attention to it . Ashenden turned the page of the book he was pretending to read , but he felt that Caypor's gaze was fixed intently ...