
FUTURIST STORIES - MARGERY VERNER REED
FUTURIST STORIES
MOONBEAMS [To V. Z. R.]
THE DREAM MUFF [To I. K. McF.]
ROSE PETALS
IN A FIELD
INCALCULABLE
A NEAPOLITAN STREET SONG
IN ALGIERS
CANDLES
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.
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
2009-10-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
A Colorado writer whose short life still left behind vivid, emotionally charged fiction. Best known for Futurist Stories, she studied and later taught English at the University of Denver.
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