Plumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady Woodson

How Marty (EZ'Lectricity) got zapped and saved the day. How Geek (Whacky Wand) discovered his hidden talent for randomizing. How Betsy (Penny Coop Keeper) unlocked her past with a skeleton key. How Billy (Rhode Island Red) took his tip-tap routines on the road. How Hopper (Rocket) used his Burst-a-Flightless-Bird pack to sail the stars. Here are a few hints as to what you will discover from these chicken biographies:

A collection of stories retold through the words of a wanderer, Cob Watson, who, for a happy period of his life, was given a chance to tag along with Plumedini's caravan and chronicle the clucking tales of some unexpected friends. It is a book about legends, and how these legends came to be. It's a book about eleven dreamers, eleven misfit birds, how they discovered their extraordinary talents and became part of Plumedini's Traveling Circus of Super Chickens. 'The Scarlet House', 'The Snow Pavilion' and 'The Quilt Maker'.Some worlds are not that far off, all it takes is a nudge in the right direction. 'Lizzie's Tiger', 'John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore', 'Gun for the Devil', 'The Merchant of Shadows', 'The Ghost Ships', 'In Pantoland', 'Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost', 'Alice in Prague or The Curious Room' and 'Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene'.

American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (1993).

'Black Venus', 'The Kiss', 'Our Lady of the Massacre', 'The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe', 'Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Peter and the Wolf', 'The Kitchen Child' and 'The Fall River Axe Murders'.

Black Venus (aka 'Saints and Strangers') (1985).

'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss-in-Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf, 'The Company of Wolves' and 'Wolf-Alice'. 'A Souvenir of Japan', 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter', 'The Loves of Lady Purple', 'The Smile of Winter', 'Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest', 'Flesh and the Mirror', 'Master', 'Reflections' and 'Elegy for a Freelance'. 'The Man Who Loved a Double Bass', 'A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home' and 'A Victorian Fable (with Glossary)'. Cover of the first edition, published by Chatto & Windus. The book also includes an introduction by author Salman Rushdie. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces ( 1974), The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories ( 1979), Black Venus (aka Saints and Strangers) ( 1985) and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders ( 1993) as well as six previously un-collected stories. Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories ( 1995) is a posthumously-published collection of short stories by English writer Angela Carter.

Plumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady Woodson