Ocean and All Its Devices
by William Browning Spencer
In stories within:
- The proprietor of a seaside resort puzzles over the yearly off-season pilgrimage of a curiously solemn couple and their fey child. ('The Ocean and All Its Devices')
- A marriage made in a heaven of parallel worlds is tested by impossible luck, both good and bad. ('The Oddskeeper's Daughter')
- A virtual reality addictions counselor is on the run with his zoned-out client, pursued by the relentless architects of a seductive virtual game called Apes and Angels. ('The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness')
- A young girl, who speaks only in lines of poetry culled from world literature, is poised between two universes while a social worker struggles to save her -- and, perhaps, doom a universe. ('Foster Child')
- A circus magician races against time as the world threatens to end, not with a bang or a whimper, but with the flick of a switch. ('The Lights of Armageddon')
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In stories within: - The proprietor of a seaside resort puzzles over the yearly off-season pilgrimage of a curiously solemn couple and their fey child. ('The Ocean and All Its Devices') - A marriage made in a heaven of parallel worlds is tested by impossible luck, both good and bad. ('The Oddskeeper's Daughter') - A virtual reality addictions counselor is on the run with his zoned-out client, pursued by the relentless architects of a seductive virtual game called Apes and Angels. ('The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness') - A young girl, who speaks only in lines of poetry culled from world literature, is poised between two universes while a social worker struggles to save her -- and, perhaps, doom a universe. ('Foster Child') - A circus magician races against time as the world threatens to end, not with a bang or a whimper, but with the flick of a switch. ('The Lights of Armageddon')