Stranger Things HappenThis first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear. These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you. |
Contents
CARNATION LILY LILY | 1 |
WATER OFF A BLACK DOGS | 21 |
THE SPECIALISTS | 55 |
FLYING | 76 |
TRAVELS WITH THE SNOW | 113 |
VANISHING | 141 |
SURVIVORS BALL OR THE DONNER | 172 |
SHOE | 200 |
MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE TWOTHIRDS WATER | 231 |
LOUISES | 249 |
THE GIRL | 296 |
PUBLICATION | 332 |
Common terms and phrases
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