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All the World Is Wild and Strange: Stories Ironic and Ambiguous
All the World Is Wild and Strange: Stories Ironic and Ambiguous
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If you can cast off the veneer of civilization—world-weary cynicism, fear of imagination and the dread of appearing different—then come with me to another world; a world described by Rudyard Kipling. It’s just a few steps away.
A stone’s throw out on either hand
From that well-ordered road we tread,
And all the world is wild and strange.
The stories in this collection explore aspects of a world that’s truly wild and strange. It’s a world of irony, satire and terror. These stories have nothing to do with modern counterparts that appear in places like the "New Yorker."
These stories look back to a time of bold imagination and strong story lines. I freely admit my indebtedness to writers such as Algernon Blackwood, H.H. Munro (Saki), H.P. Lovecraft and Montague James. These masters knew what lay beyond the well-ordered road and shared their knowledge in stories both powerful and gripping.
One of my circle of constant (and critical) readers summed matters up when she wrote, “As I read these stories there were moments when I laughed until tears flowed and nights when I was afraid to turn out the lights.”
Welcome to my world: a world that’s truly wild and strange.
If you can cast off the veneer of civilization—world-weary cynicism, fear of imagination and the dread of appearing different—then come with me to another world; a world described by Rudyard Kipling. It’s just a few steps away.
A stone’s throw out on either hand
From that well-ordered road we tread,
And all the world is wild and strange.
The stories in this collection explore aspects of a world that’s truly wild and strange. It’s a world of irony, satire and terror. These stories have nothing to do with modern counterparts that appear in places like the "New Yorker."
These stories look back to a time of bold imagination and strong story lines. I freely admit my indebtedness to writers such as Algernon Blackwood, H.H. Munro (Saki), H.P. Lovecraft and Montague James. These masters knew what lay beyond the well-ordered road and shared their knowledge in stories both powerful and gripping.
One of my circle of constant (and critical) readers summed matters up when she wrote, “As I read these stories there were moments when I laughed until tears flowed and nights when I was afraid to turn out the lights.”
Welcome to my world: a world that’s truly wild and strange.
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