Aleya's world starts to unravel after a caf� customer leaves behind a collection of short stories. Surprised and disturbed to discover that it has been dedicated to her, Aleya delves into the strange book ... A mad scientist seeks to steal his son's dreams. A struggling writer, skilled only at destruction, finds himself courted by Hollywood. A woman seeks to escape her body and live inside her dreams. Citizens panic when a new city block manifests out of nowhere. The personification of capitalism strives to impress his cutthroat boss. The more Aleya reads, the deeper she sinks into the mysterious writer's work, and the less real the world around her seems. Soon, she's overwhelmed as a new, more terrifying existence takes hold. Jonathan Ball's first collection of short fiction blends humour and horror, doom and daylight, offering myriad possible storms.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2020.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781771666152 1771666137
- LCCN
- PR9299.3.B357
- LCCN Item number
- L54 2020eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (197 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00241492 (OCoLC)1162857316 (CaOOCEL)459348
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- YDX
Table of Contents
- National Bestseller 16
- The Best Story Ever Submitted to Your Magazine 36
- Your Letter 40
- Explosions 52
- Costa Rican Green 86
- Judith 98
- The Dark Part of the Sky 108
- George and Gracie 120
- The Nightmare Ballad of the Drunken Brand Identity with a Cameo by Shakespeare and a Title that Cann 132
- While You Sleep I Record Your Dreams 148
- The War with the Dead 162
- The Palace Of Ice 168
- Narcissus 176
- As We All Should Lie 180
- Wolves in Trains 186
- The Lightning of Possible Storms 192
- About the Author 200
- Acknowledgements 204
