A Cup of Normal
These twenty-two short stories are measured out with a cup of normal and a pound of the fantastic. From dark fairytales to alien skies, Monk’s stories blend haunting yesterdays, forgotten todays and twisted tomorrows wherein:
...A normal little girl in a city made of gears, takes on the world to save a toy....A normal ancient monster living in Seattle, must decide if love is worth trusting a hero...A normal patchwork woman and her two-headed boyfriend stitch their life and farm together with needle, thread, and time...a normal vampire in a knitting shop must face sun-drenched secrets...a normal snow creature’s wish changes a mad man’s life...a normal man breaks reality with a hamster...and yes, a normal little robot, defines how extraordinary friendship can be.
Poignant, bittersweet, frightening, and funny, these stories pour out worlds that are both lovely and odd, darkly strange and tantalizingly familiar, where no matter how fantastic the setting or situation, love, freedom, and hope find a way to take root and thrive.
Cover Art by Elena Vizerskaya
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, September 2010
Second Edition: February 2015
Distributed by Fairwood Press
21528 104th Street Court East
Bonney Lake, WA 98391
http://www.fairwoodpress.com
Printed in the United States of America
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eISBN: 978-1-62579-199-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-9820730-9-4
Copyright 2010 by Devon Monk
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
Fairwood Press
21528 104th Street Court East
Bonney Lake, WA 98391
http://www.fairwoodpress.com
Electronic version by Baen Books
https://www.baen.com
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