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It’s an odd sight at the always hectic airport. Outside the international departures terminal and in the middle of the hurly-burly of frantic passengers rushing to make their flights stands a giant statue of a naked Icarus gazing rapturously upward, his wings fully melted. A mythic figure who defied
Two advertising giants eye each other across the shimmering canyons of New York. One giant will swallow the other whole, and a hundred thousand souls hang in the balance. “Omnipublic” is an advertising short story about desperation and ambition. What happens when an industry that sells dreams forgets how to
Percival Everett sharpens his pen in this radical retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Everett’s writing cuts like a knife. He takes the bones of Mark Twain's classic American novel and slices it into something new. Something sharp. You'll see some familiar faces. The
A man stands alone on an empty outback road as a sunset bleeds across the sky. His motorcycle lies twisted in a ditch. There is no blood. There are no wounds. He cannot remember the crash. The road ahead is long and dark, and the stars above hold secrets he
The future is coming. There’s no stopping it. There never is. Increasingly it’s coming sooner than expected, a lot sooner and a lot faster. It seems to be accelerating. But isn’t that the nature of time? Everything speeding up everywhere. Out by the coast, the wooden fences