<p>"The Lives of Things" collects Jose Saramago's early experiments with the short story form, attesting to the young novelist's imaginative power and incomparable skill in elaborating the most extravagant fantasies. Combining bitter satire, outrageous parody and Kafkaesque hallucinations, these sto
The Secret Backs of Things: Short Story
โ Scribed by Christopher Golden
- Publisher
- ChiZine
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A train conductor discovers that his decades on the job have given him the ability to see the ugly truth behind anything or anyone, no matter the consequences. From award-winning, bestselling writer and editor Christopher Golden's Tell My Sorrows to the Stones, this short story is one of a set of twelve haunting tales of human longing, magic when least expected, and terrible prices to be paid, willingly or not.
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