Futurist Stories

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Futurist Stories

by Margery Verner Reed

EN·~1 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total

FUTURIST STORIES - MARGERY VERNER REED

0:07

FUTURIST STORIES

0:22

MOONBEAMS [To V. Z. R.]

2:03

THE DREAM MUFF [To I. K. McF.]

2:07

ROSE PETALS

2:12

IN A FIELD

2:01

INCALCULABLE

4:05

A NEAPOLITAN STREET SONG

1:49

IN ALGIERS

2:09

CANDLES

1:25

Description

Within this collection, a wandering spirit of Art glides through a moonlit forest, haunted by the beauty it cannot yet capture, while the accompanying Spirits of History and Philosophy confront their own regrets. Their fleeting pact to revive wonder in the world hints at a fragile hope that may dissolve as they return to the gray grind of city life, leaving only the faintest shimmer for a solitary wanderer.

Other tales plunge into a cold Russian winter, where a young girl clings to the memory of a soft, treasured muff amid chaos and loss, her delicate yearning a stark contrast to the surrounding ruin. A later story of fifteen‑year‑old love and lingering doubt unfolds in a quiet, domestic setting, exploring how past promises linger long after the moment has passed.

Together, these vignettes weave a tapestry of longing, memory, and the uneasy tension between the ordinary and the transcendent, offering listeners moments of quiet reflection and quiet wonder.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (61K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)

Release date

Oct 31, 2009

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Margery Verner Reed

Margery Verner Reed

A Colorado-born writer whose published work included poetry, prose, and short stories, she built a brief but memorable literary life around a deep love of language. She also studied and later taught English at the University of Denver, where her name still endures on campus.

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