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eBook Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
eBook Description: Meet the girl who became a beautiful dirigible; the housewife who led an army against an evil empire; the author who really wrote the great works of western literature--these are but a few of the fascinating people who inhabit the worlds of Mark Bourne. Featuring eleven stories, Mars Dust and Magic Shows provides a glimpse into the secret lives of Sherlock Holmes, William Shakespeare, Al Capone, King Kong, and dozens of lesser-known heroes, monsters, and players. Climb aboard, and find out why authors, editors, and readers are calling Mark Bourne "a gifted story teller," "a wonderful read," and "absolutamente delicioso." [Note: "Being Human" is also available separately as a short story.]

eBook Publisher: Quintamid LLC, Published: Scorpius Digital Publishing, 2001
Fictionwise Release Date: December 2002

13 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [750 KB], eReader (PDB) [243 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [235 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [207 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [314 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [269 KB], hiebook (KML) [543 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [341 KB], iSilo (PDB) [194 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [242 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [304 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [316 KB]
Words: 70000
Reading time: 200-280 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED

"Mark Bourne is a gifted storyteller who can also turn a phrase. His work is detailed and subtle. He creates a world in a single sentence. Do not miss this collection of short stories."--Kristine Kathryn Rusch

"Mark Bourne is one of science fiction's best-kept secrets. Only his readers know how brilliant he is."--Mike Resnick

"One of the most interesting of the new crop of SF writers. Mark Bourne's stories combine an interest in ideas with living, breathing characters. You will enjoy this book."--Nancy Kress

"If you are already familiar with Mark Bourne's stories, you don't need to take my word for how good they are. If you have not yet encountered Mark Bourne's work, you are about to experience wonders and delights. What are you waiting for?"--Esther M. Friesner

"Mark Bourne's stories combine an antic wit and sure-stepping prose, along with enough skewed insight into the human condition to qualify as x-ray snapshots of the contents of more than a few of your acquaintances' heads. If literary grace and humor were sold in cans, a collection like this would come in a fifty-five-gallon drum."--K.W. Jeter

"Absolutamente delicioso."--Bucanero

"A collection of short stories that flutter along like butterflies and come back to burrow into your mind like yellow jackets.... Really, that's what Bourne does best: leaving you plenty to mull over later, whether you had planned to or not."--Lisa DuMond, SFSite