A classic collection of Ray Bradbury’s short fiction.
A crazy scheme to bring peace to the world with the aid of rust. A Martian who could be Jesus. An author, plucked from his grave, is thwarted by one Melissa Toad, the mysterious witch of New York. This is a collection of tales which demolish the old saying: truth is stranger than fiction.
In twenty-two stories of amazing range and variety, Ray Bradbury once again works his special magic, sounding out life’s mysteries in the past, present, and the future. Stories include: “The Blue Bottle,” “One Timeless Spring,” “The Parrot Who Met Papa,” “The Burning Man,” “A Piece of Wood,” “The Messiah,” “G.B.S.—Mark V,” “The Utterly Perfect Murder,” “Punishment Without Crime,” “Getting Through Sunday Somehow,” “Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds,” “Interval in Sunlight,” “A Story of Love,” “The Wish,” “Forever and the Earth,” “The Better Part of Wisdom,” “Darling Adolf,” “The Miracles of Jamie,” “The October Game,” “The Pumpernickel,” “Long After Midnight,” “Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You!,” and “Keep Reading.”
