Marginalia and Other Stories

This collection of five short stories contains weird tales of the impossible and the paradoxical, written in Lucas Nicolato's distinctive voice.Contents:Marginalia - a man imprisoned in a room with his favorite books for eternity takes a literary life to its ultimate consequences.Inside Darkness - an Italian merchant is made prisoner by mysterious pirates and taken to a time-forgotten city were the very fabric of reality is twisted in an unnatural and surprising way.The Translator of The Gospel - a scribe from Wessex is sold as a slave to a distant land, were his translating skills will be used in creating a grotesque version of the Gospels that will change the world.Preface to a Theory of Everything - a skeptical scientist discovers the ultimate explanations of the universe during an investigation of an obscure spiritualist cult. Blood Feud - the ancient Tale of The Bloodthirsty Brothers is examined by a modern commentator who uncovers in the mystery of Lord Aelfric's murder not only a prototype of the detective fiction but also an unusual rendering of Christian Eschatology.

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