Stone mattress: nine tales
Bestsellers (Fiction), Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Short stories
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
In "Freeze-Dried Bridegroom," a man who bids on a storage locker has a surprise. In "Lusus Naturae," a woman with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In "I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth," we re-meet… Tony, Charis, and Roz from "The Robber Bride", but, years later, as their nemesis is seen in an unexpected form. In "Torching the Dusties," an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet's syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. And in "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is revenged in the Arctic. Bestseller. 2014.