Short Stories
Surreal short stories blending science fiction, fantasy, absurdity, and philosophical wit in bizarre tall tales.
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Surreal short stories blending science fiction, fantasy, absurdity, and philosophical wit in bizarre tall tales.
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Tor Essentials presents science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, a winner of the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002) was an American original, a teller of acute, indescribably loopy tall tales whose work has been compared to that of Avram Davidson, Flannery O’Connor, Flann O’Brien, and Gene Wolfe....
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Some women cast mainly as love or sexual interests; not graphic.
Violence & gore
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Absurdist tall-tale deaths, peril, and dark turns; rarely graphic gore.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Recurring Catholic-inflected and philosophical-religious undertones.
Magic & witchcraft
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Surreal and quasi-fantasy elements appear across several tall tales.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Satire of bigotry and stereotypes; recurring social commentary.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Occasional cruelty and stereotyped portrayals in tall-tale contexts.
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