For thirty years Gary Victor has been exploring all possibilities, taking the underworlds of the absurd as a backdrop. Here are gathered some of his first short stories which, exploring all the parallel worlds, trying their hand at science fiction, espionage, detective stories, social criticism and poetry, constitute an appetizer, a foretaste of the novels to come.
Hen and Mat fascinated by the Way and the disintegrator; Elle, the dream woman on the terrace; the sorcerer with the evil spell that malfunctioned, Food for World and the anti-capitalist struggle; Hamm who finds his way in the Monkey constellation thanks to the ghost of old Jeseh; the special carnival and the Grangou group; Alex, Lucien, Sandra, Dick and Peggy and the imprudent peasants...
