The protagonist of ""Dead Hearts and Rag Dolls"" is haunted by the specter of a floppy doll that embodies her morbid concern with victims of Alzheimer's disease. A machinist identifies so closely with his job in ""Union Dues"" that he becomes a physical extension of his tools. In ""The Sisterhood of Plain-Faced Women,"" a homely woman who has always longed to be beautiful is given the power to steal other women's body parts. Braunbeck, in his fiction debut, shows a talent for getting under the skins of seemingly ordinary people and fleshing out their dreams and fears. the goals of my life, and my stories,"" he might well be speaking for the author. When a character in this collection of 40 potent fantasies calls ""sabotage and subversion"".
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