Fantastic Americana
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Publisher Description
Yesterday . . . a giant lost himself in America, forever running from the supernatural killers who pursued him, and a witch formed one last spell in hopes of resurrecting her murdered son.
Today . . . a desperate mother bargains with wolves, and a man frozen in memories chases a magic portal that might finally lead him to his true love.
Tomorrow . . . survivors of the apocalypse will hunt deadly dirt angels, and escaped artificial intelligences will relive the Cold War until the very end of the universe.
Travel an American landscape of endless highways, video stores that never close, and lonesome cabins stalked by nightmares. Josh Rountree's second collection gathers fifteen years of stories, including two originals never before published.
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Rountree demonstrates impressive range in his wild debut collection of 21 speculative shorts. Unusual juxtapositions create striking tales, as in "All My Pretty Chickens," about a man nervously anticipating his grandchild's trip to Mars in a world in which chickens have returned from the dead as ghosts, and the fragmented "Cigarette Lighter Love Song," which melds romance and magical time travel. In "Rewind," a slacker lopes through his job at a video rental store in a postapocalyptic world populated by monsters. Fans of alternate history will enjoy "Can't Buy Me Faded Love," wherein John Lennon comes to the U.S. to become a country music star, and "Best Energies," in which George Washington, immortal thanks to the fountain of youth, leads the U.S. to victory in WWII but faces pressures from the independent Republic of Texas. Rountree also visits classic Hollywood ("The Beautiful People"), a dystopian corporation ("Fury's Hour"), the life of Paul Bunyan ("Chasing America"), and werewolves in the Old West ("February Moon"). The result is as inventive as it is eclectic, and perfect for dipping in and out of. Though not every story will connect with every reader, the variety of genres and subjects ensure there's something here to tickle all manner of fancy.
