The Fictionary Part Two

Still bothered by those troublesome burning questions? Still looking for answers? Well, I’m afraid you can no longer ask the Fictionary; it’s too busy right now.



The Fictionary Part Two – Beyond Reason picks up where The Fictionary Part One – Beyond Reality left off. I won’t say too much here except to point out that the key to asking the best question is knowing the right words.



As in Part One, an essential element of Part Two is a story that the Fictionary tells Codoné in reply to one of her questions. This is a tale called Concrete Bungle about a young boy, Toby Ore, whose body gets mashed in a concrete mixer and whose spirit transfers to the concrete and clay of the house being built. A series of rapidly escalating events culminate in Toby’s spirit inhabiting the fabric of the entire town (which happens to be Codoné ‘s home town) and eventually taking form as a concrete & steel colossus over a mile high which then escapes from the clutches of the army pursuing it by disappearing into the sea.

More than that I will not tell. Suffice to say this story is much longer than any of the others told by the Fictionary and much, much more important … or is it?