As the cover art of David Carpenter’s collection of seven short stories and two novellas suggests, the telephone — usually an older model, the kind attached to places, not people — is a recurring symbol. It advances plot, conveys how humans can be distanced even when in communication, and represents the past catching up with the…
Clarissa Hurley
Clarissa Hurley is the founding co-editor of Camel, an illustrated journal of narrative.