The man who learned to walk on water and one who discovered how to beat fire, a visionary who sees a world filled with people quite unlike his own, a man who can soak up anything that's thrown at him.
The man who learned to walk on water and one who discovered how to beat fire, a visionary who sees a world filled with people quite unlike his own, a man who can soak up anything that's thrown at him.
Thirteen eclectic stories of discovery and wonder – five of them original to this collection – from a writer described by New Scientist as "the best short story writer in any genre".
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"The best short story I have read for many years."
-- JG Ballard, on Kilworth's "Sumi Dreams of a Paper Frog" (Songbirds of Pain)
"As a whole the book is a captivating collection!"
-- Murio Guslandi, in Emerald City Magazine, on Kilworth's Moby Jack and Other Tall Tales
"Garry Kilworth's stories refuse easy categorization; they’re gorgeously written, heartbreakingly poignant, multiculturally savvy, sharp and smart, and always strange and surprising."
-- Claude Lalumiere, on Kilworth's Moby Jack and Other Tall Tales
Contents:
Phoenix Man
12 Men Born of Woman
Murders in the White Garden
Atlantic Crossing
Sacrificial Anode
Sunday Lunch
The Book of Explorers
On the Eyelids of a Wolf
The Night We Drove the Aliens Back
The Human's Child
Out Back
Monsters X 3
La Belle Dame Sans Grâce
Cover by Keith Brooke.
Published April 2011