Emperors, Ghosts, and Fools is a collection of linked fantasy short stories culminating in a novella. The charactersâ concerns center on trying to reach Modus Perfectus, a musical utopia located in a just-out-of-reach island chain called the Apogean Islands in the Brimful Puddle. Those who yearn for Modus Perfectus include a hideously ugly woman who serves as a town troll, a gonzo architect, a music hater, a music addict, movie actors, rock stars, and sad sack birthday clowns. Their stories unfold, always with plenty of humor, in the form of told-beside-the-fire ghost tales and small town coming-of-age or small town has-been tales, in the gothic lair of a mad scientist, in the suspense of escaping a derailing train, or in the desire for one last chance at love despite being dead. The novella that resolves the action is set inside the Apogean Islands. Here the would-be citizens of Modus Perfectus meet the three Apogeans who will lead them, and discover a future much different than the one they had originally envisioned.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-03232009-124518 |
| Date | 15 April 2009 |
| Creators | Hegmann, Elisabeth Ann |
| Contributors | John Kessel, Jill McCorkle, Wilton Barnhardt |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03232009-124518/ |
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