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William Kuhns
FANTASIES ON WRY
Concerto for Fifteen Fingers. A great concert pianist awakens to find he’s trapped in a jungle compound alongside four other famed pianists. These five are the only concert pianists in the world who have made a public recital of Rachmaninoff’s “impossible” concerto, said to require fifteen fingers. The others all have stumps where their fingers had been.
How to Annul a Contract with the Devil. A widow pleads with her dead husband’s ex-lawyer to annul a contract he once signed as a witness. The contract promises the devil two souls in exchange for her dead husband’s first billion dollars. The second soul is hers.
Kill the Crow. A young, one-eyed woman seeks out the nation’s foremost bounty hunter. Will he find and kill the crow that has been stalking and assaulting her for years?
Marcia Thorne 101. A class studies the phone call transcripts, diaries, e-mails, and close daily life of a young woman who’s utterly unaware she’s become the subject of such intense scrutiny.
Mr. Five Seventeen. Every day, punctually, at 5:17, he crosses the driveway across the street. But how is it that he grows younger, every time she sees him?
Origin of the Zombie Plague. It is a full-on apocalypse, with zombies, and deep inside a bomb shelter, an investigator brings the president the terrible truth, how it all began.
Otto. A man purchases a parrot that can speak aloud his wife’s most private thoughts.
Roadside Attraction. A private detective has been hired to return a young woman to her mother. Almost always, the girl is kept in a trance by her father, so that the 18th century Irish girl who inhabits her body can attract paying customers.
Three Exorcists Go into a Tavern. The topmost Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim exorcists meet and trade stories, only to learn they were each part of an audition to attract a demon no one exorcist can cast out.
In Mama’s Studio. The controversial artist -- who famously used human body parts for her exhibits -- has died. To inherit her mother’s wealth, the retreating daughter must spend a night in the studio she has feared and avoided all her life.
Test Subject. A middle-aged man named Harry stumbles on his way to work. What he stumbles upon is his own body, dressed identically to what he’s wearing now.
In the Confessional. A woman confesses to the priest that she’s been sleeping with a man from the Civil War. He has taken over her husband’s body since returning from a battle re-enactment. The priest’s take, and his terrible demand of her.
How to Annul a Contract with the Devil. A widow pleads with her dead husband’s ex-lawyer to annul a contract he once signed as a witness. The contract promises the devil two souls in exchange for her dead husband’s first billion dollars. The second soul is hers.
Kill the Crow. A young, one-eyed woman seeks out the nation’s foremost bounty hunter. Will he find and kill the crow that has been stalking and assaulting her for years?
Marcia Thorne 101. A class studies the phone call transcripts, diaries, e-mails, and close daily life of a young woman who’s utterly unaware she’s become the subject of such intense scrutiny.
Mr. Five Seventeen. Every day, punctually, at 5:17, he crosses the driveway across the street. But how is it that he grows younger, every time she sees him?
Origin of the Zombie Plague. It is a full-on apocalypse, with zombies, and deep inside a bomb shelter, an investigator brings the president the terrible truth, how it all began.
Otto. A man purchases a parrot that can speak aloud his wife’s most private thoughts.
Roadside Attraction. A private detective has been hired to return a young woman to her mother. Almost always, the girl is kept in a trance by her father, so that the 18th century Irish girl who inhabits her body can attract paying customers.
Three Exorcists Go into a Tavern. The topmost Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim exorcists meet and trade stories, only to learn they were each part of an audition to attract a demon no one exorcist can cast out.
In Mama’s Studio. The controversial artist -- who famously used human body parts for her exhibits -- has died. To inherit her mother’s wealth, the retreating daughter must spend a night in the studio she has feared and avoided all her life.
Test Subject. A middle-aged man named Harry stumbles on his way to work. What he stumbles upon is his own body, dressed identically to what he’s wearing now.
In the Confessional. A woman confesses to the priest that she’s been sleeping with a man from the Civil War. He has taken over her husband’s body since returning from a battle re-enactment. The priest’s take, and his terrible demand of her.
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