Cold Kingdom Enterprise
Once upon a time there was a dwarf knight who only had fifty words to live in and they were so fleeting that he only had time to put on a suit of armor and ride swiftly on a black horse into a very well-lit woods where he vanished forever.
A Confederate General from Big Sur
The girls had come from a small college somewhere in eastern washington, and at first they allowed their attentions to be taken up by college and post-college types, mostly the clean-cuts. then as the girls grew more sophisticated, as they acclimated themselves to the...
Kleinzeit
Excuse me, said the moon. I'll just put the kettle on. Kleinzeit nodded. The day knocked three times at his eyeballs. Morning for Mr Kleinzeit, said the day. I'm Mr Kleinzeit, said Kleinzeit. Sign here, please. Kleinzeit signed. Thank you very much, sir, said the day...
The Sound of the Mountain
Though august had only begun, autumn insects were already singing. He thought he could detect a dripping of dew from leaf to leaf. Then he heard the sound of the mountain. It was a windless night. the moon was near full, but in the moist, sultry air the fringe of...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
I clicked the gate shut and slipped down the alley. Through one fence after another, I caught glimpses of people in their dining rooms and living rooms, eating and watching tv dramas. Food smells drifted into the alley through kitchen windows and extractor fans. One...