title: Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder
author: Terry Dowling
description: Starred Review. Dowling's newest collection (after 2006's Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear) highlights his rich and complex sideways storytelling with 12 stories that run the speculative fiction gamut. "The Magikkers" gently explores the lives of the fortunate few who possess a small spark of magic in a mundane world. In "Flashmen," competing rescue teams risk annihilation in a savage landscape. "Toother" and "The Suits at Auderlene" are creepy and cruel, but "Truth Window," set in the universe of the Wormwood story cycle, finds humanity shining even in slavery. Dowling's terse and enigmatic style is subtle and brain stretching, enticing readers with fully realized worlds that clearly extend far beyond each story's boundaries. Insightful afterwords complete the sensation of being transported someplace truly alien by Dowling's intelligent and thoughtful work. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Indigo Alloy
  
  
  ### Mixologists and Pirates Book Six
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Frost Kay
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Audiobooks](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Also by Frost Kay](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Missing Mate](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Kinky Cuffs](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Gag me with a spork](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Money Talks](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [It’s all about presentation](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [Frankenstein and Stripper Heels](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [Perfecting the art of domesticity](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [Bless your heart doesn’t mean what you think](part0013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [Sea monsters and failed escape attempts](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [Always resort to the fetal position](part0015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. [Is this a dream?](part0016.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  12\. [Tying up lose ends](part0017.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  13\. [Don’t be a scaredy-cat](part0018.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  