Artificial Things

An extraordinary collection of short stories from the award-winning author of Sarah Canary. Including "Praxis", the story about a theater where the real and unreal collide; "The Poplar Street Study", Fowler's darkly comic account of an alien invasion; and "The Gates of Ghosts", in which a child journeys to a strange and deadly world, this anthology of 13 tales also features a new foreword by the author.

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Contents:

The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things (1985)

The Poplar Street Study (1985)

Face Value (1986)

The Dragon's Head (1986)

The War of the Roses (1985)

Contention (1986)

Recalling Cinderella (1985)

Other Planes (1986)

The Gate of Ghosts (1986)

The Bog People (1986)

Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme (1986)

The View from Venus (1986)

Praxis (1985)

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 218 pages

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