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Two travelers, one short and one tall, enter a small village and
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The Walking Sticks
Johnny feels guilt for not coming forward sooner with Jo’s account
A Traveler in Desert Lands
A traveler crossing the desert approaches a forgotten town and spots an
The Wrapper
Worried his memory will fade, the narrator resolves to write down his
The Night Chough
A night chough soars above the countryside and alights on a lake.
The Eleventh City
Professor Sam Cooper writes a letter to his department chair, Franklin Abraham,
Wolfer
Janet Woolf takes in a lecture on the provenance of surnames. She
A Fish Story
While on a fishing trip, three friends spot strange lights in the
Houston, 1943
A voice disturbs Roddie’s sleep. Spotting a pale boy in his
How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen
Sitting in a tumbledown church along the western coast of Ireland, Pat
The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun
A young man, Reuben, signs on to a whaling ship and is
The Legend of Xi Cygnus
The giant, Xi Cygnus, rules over a planet that circles a far-away