TWO NOVELLAS * Wrecking Ball * Excalibur Unum in Figure Eights. Two supremely original stories. In "Wrecking Ball," Clay gets rich quick but can't seem to avoid getting hit just as quick as he protests a cruel plutocrat. There is mistaken identity, a perilous down escalator, and trains that literally overlap. And in "Excalibur Unum in Figure Eights," the magnificent Blue-for-sure, one of a handful of haiku dabblers, finds himself in a world of shifting realities and an Italian ice stand. There are nepenthes, a prophesy that could finally make it possible to settle down, and a quick trip into outer space. Another strange and surreal rocket by Pete O'Brien, acclaimed author of THE LOOSE PURPLE TIE: 3 NOVELLAS.
