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The Empire of Ice Cream

By Jonathan Carroll, Jeffrey Ford

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| Hardcover | 9781930846395

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Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results—a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee, a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide,Continue

Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results—a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee, a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide, a demonic 16th-century chess set shows up in a New Jersey bar, and Charon, the boatman of hell, takes a few days vacation. Storylines both conventional and outlandish reveal humdrum routines as menacing, or imaginary worlds as perfectly familiar. Allusions to authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne reinforce the fantasy tradition in these tales, while understated humor and moments of sadness add a quirky unpredictability. Also included is the previously unpublished novella, "Botch Town," a coming-of-age story about a boy on Long Island whose family and friends live ordinary lives under threats both real and imagined. Each story is followed by a brief afterword that details its genesis.

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  • The Empire of Ice Cream

    Jeffrey Ford is a master of short fantasy. His short fiction fills two indispensable collections published by Golden Gryphon Press, 'The Fantasy Writer's Assistant' and, now, 'The Empire of Ice Cream'. Every story in these volumes makes you want to s ... (read full critics)

    bookotron published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 300 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1930846398
  • ISBN-13: 9781930846395
  • Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
  • Pub date: Apr 01, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1419 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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