Tales for Nodding Sheep: A Collection of 32 Short Stories

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The inhabitants of a remote village awake one morning to discover that the sun has not risen on them. A strange antique bed takes those who sleep in it away to other worlds. Following a failed experiment, an inventor finds himself on an asteroid fifty-billion miles out in space, and a young girl discovers that she has a remarkable connection with the stars. With this collection of 32 short stories from Kenkonti, you will visit wonderful places and meet extraordinary people. Like Sam Scud, who decides one day to dig a hole down to the centre of the earth, and a bank clerk by the name of Walt Pepper, who thinks that all superstitions and folklore are mere 'mumbo jumbo' - until a particular assignment changes his way of thinking forever. A beautiful white stone is found in a stream, there is an unscheduled train stop in the night, and why is Waldo Sprinkle so obsessed with his doll's house? All of this and much, much more, in this unique collection of short stories.