
In the dead‑hour of a sleepless city, three ordinary men—an accountant, a hunter‑type gambler, and a philosophy professor—slip out of their homes with a restless, almost animalistic energy. Their faces are described as cold and hard, echoing the iconic stare of a silver‑screen rebel, and their sudden departure hints at a secret that refuses to stay hidden. The night is quiet, but the streets pulse with a gathering tide of strangers: college kids, lawyers, doctors, and every sort of laborer, all moving toward an unseen destination.
As the trio joins the swelling crowd, the atmosphere thickens with a sense of collective unease. The city’s shadows seem to whisper, and the strangers’ motives remain ambiguous, suggesting a larger, perhaps dangerous, convergence. Listeners are drawn into a world where ordinary lives intersect with a looming, mysterious force, promising a tense, character‑driven journey that unfolds in the dim light of an early‑morning metropolis.
Language
en
Duration
~9 minutes (8K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2020-01-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
b. 1942
Best known for sly, offbeat science fiction and fantasy short stories, this Colorado-born writer built a long magazine career with a playful, witty touch. Much of his work appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, where he began publishing while still very young.
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