Lesser known monsters of the 21st century / Kim Fu.

Pre-simulation consultation XF007867 -- Liddy, first to fly -- Time cubes -- #Climbingnation -- Sandman -- Twenty hours -- The doll -- In this fantasy -- Scissors -- June bugs -- Bridezilla -- Do you remember candy.

"In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman. These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological conse- quence, guilt and sexuality, as they unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us."-- Provided by publisher.