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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... wondered where she came from ; an exile from her own country for so long , she must possess in it neither family nor ... wondered what it was she thought of as she sat there , at luncheon and dinner by herself . He wondered if ever she ...
... wondered if it was one of the waiters in the hotel . He knew that R. had a great belief in waiters ; they had the chance of seeing so much and could so easily get into places where information was lying about to be picked up . He even ...
... wondered whether Caypor had felt a qualm when he delivered him up to destruction . ' I suppose you know a little German ? ' asked Caypor , interest- ed in the stranger . ' Oh , yes , I was a student in Germany , and I used to talk it ...