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The Empire of Ice Cream
| Author: | Jeffrey Ford |
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Golden Gryphon Press, 2006 |
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| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Weird (Fantasy) |
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Synopsis
Mixing the mundane with the metaphysical, the pairings of the everyday and the extraordinary in this collection of short fiction yield supernatural results--a young musician perceives another world while drinking coffee; a fairy chronicles his busy life in a sandcastle during the changing tide; a demonic 16th-century chess set shows up in a New Jersey bar; and Charon, the boatman of hell, takes a few days of vacation. Storylines both conventional and outlandish reveal humdrum routines as menacing and imaginary worlds as perfectly familiar. Allusions to authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne reinforce the fantasy tradition in these tales, while understated humor and moments of sadness add a quirky unpredictability. Each story is followed by a brief afterword that details its genesis, offering insight into the many autobiographical elements found within.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - (2006) - essay by Jonathan Carroll
- The Annals of Eelin-Ok - (2004) - shortstory
- The Annals of Eelin-Ok: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Jupiter's Skull - (2004) - shortstory
- Jupiter's Skull: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- A Night in the Tropics - (2004) - shortstory
- A Night in the Tropics: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- The Empire of Ice Cream - (2003) - novelette
- The Empire of Ice Cream: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- The Beautiful Gelreesh - (2003) - shortstory
- The Beautiful Gelreesh: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Boatman's Holiday - (2005) - shortstory
- Boatman's Holidy: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Botch Town - (2006) - novella
- Botch Town: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- A Man of Light - (2005) - shortstory
- A Man of Light: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- The Green Word - (2002) - novelette
- The Green Word: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Giant Land - (2004) - shortstory
- Giant Land: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Coffins on the River - (2003) - novelette
- Coffins on the River: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- Summer Afternoon - (2002) - shortstory
- Summer Afternoon: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- The Weight of Words - (2002) - novelette
- The Weight of Words: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
- The Trentino Kid - (2003) - shortstory
- The Trentino Kid: Story Notes - (2006) - essay
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