Ice Made and Other Stories
Ice Made and Other Stories

Author: Terence Park

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2010-07-26

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1291978348

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"It's the writer's job to find the facts and build them into his story." Is this drudgery or are you inspired? In Little Jimmy, Asbestalux and Pax Imperii an enormous reservoir built in the Rossendale Valley is backdrop to the hazards of asbestos and a still supreme British Empire. Message for Oeipa and Winter in Alexandria are set against the slaughter of three Roman legions in 9 AD. What would our pets say about us if they could talk? Carrie gives a cat's view and Dodger a dog's. If an alien came to this planet, what would she see? In Night of Life, first contact with aliens comes with strings. Cuckoo looks at cross species hook-ups. In Joe and the Xenophids, first contact has gone badly wrong and the extinction of the human race is on the cards. Brant is a knight-errant who gets drawn into the intrigues, as the royal blood line of a kingdom comes under threat. Not all fantasy is happy ever after as our heroine discovers in City.

Proper Name & Other Stories
Proper Name & Other Stories

Author: Bernadette Mayer

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780811213257

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Stories by an experimental writer. In A Non-Unified Field Theory of Love and Landlords, one reads: "Tiny space dust and space grains of sand rain / Down on the earth by the millions each minute / And interplanetary and interstellar comets ast / Eroids and meteoroids are more numerous than a / Ll the fish in all the seas of the world and y / Ou might discover a comet and become famous ..."

The Circus and Other Stories
The Circus and Other Stories

Author: Samuil Marshak

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849761024

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Collects four stories, including "The Circus," in which rhyming text describes different circus performances.

The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories
The Ice Cream Man and Other Stories

Author: Sam Pink

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1593765940

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“Pink is a keen observer of the culture of minimum-wage jobs and low-rent studio apartments that is the reality of life for all those who don't find a cog space in today’s hyper-capitalist economy.” —The Guardian Cone dealer, sunshine stealer, alleyway counselor, lunch lady to the homeless, friend to the dead, maker of sandwiches. Metal wrangler. Stag among stags. And so it goes—another journey through time spent punched in. A life's work of working for a living. Blood, death, and violence. Dirty dishes, dead roaches, and sparkler-lit nights. Nights ahead and no real fate. So open your mouths because the forecast calls for sprinkles. Thirteen delights, scooped and served. Let it melt down your hand. Let the sun burn your face. It's the ice cream man, and other stories.

Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories
Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories

Author: Vandana Singh

Publisher: Zubaan

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 938593273X

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After the success of her collection The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet, Vandana Singh returns to the short story in Ambiguity Machines. Her deep humanism interplays with her scientific background in stories that consider and celebrate this world and others, with characters who try to make sense of the people they meet, what they see, and the challenges they face. An eleventh century poet wakes to find he is an artificially intelligent companion on a starship. A woman of no account has the ability to look into the past. And in ‘Requiem,’ a major new novella, a woman goes to Alaska to try and make sense of her aunt’s disappearance. Examining the revolutionary potential of speculative fiction, Singh dives deep into the vast strangeness of the universe without and within to explore the ways in which we move through space and time: together, yet always apart.

The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories
The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories

Author: Rosamunde Pilcher

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2013-03-23

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1250032202

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Celebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love have touched the world. Dive into the work of acclaimed author Rosamunde Pilcher in this captivating collection of short stories. Renowned for her novels The Shell Seekers and Coming Home, Pilcher once again mesmerizes readers with The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories, a treasure trove of narratives that encompass all of life's moods, experiences, and emotions. From a child's first knowledge of death, through city and country, to an elderly woman's newfound freedom, The Blue Bedroom is a welcoming experience full of the honesty and warmth unique to Rosamunde Pilcher.