{"product_id":"the-man-without-a-head-9781036962920","title":"The Man Without A Head","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical collection of contemporary short stories exploring the fragile beauty and strangeness of the human condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/em\u003e, author \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Morton\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers eighteen stories that drift between the real and the surreal - from windswept gardens and quiet villages to distant coasts, African plains, and imagined worlds. Each tale offers a moment of transformation where memory, nature, and imagination intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten in flowing poetic prose with touches of magical realism\u003c\/strong\u003e, these stories illuminate ordinary lives in extraordinary light. Artists, travellers, dreamers, and wanderers move through landscapes shaped by grief, wonder, intimacy, and revelation, finding meaning in places both seen and unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis contemporary literary collection is rich in atmosphere and emotion - a testament to the power of language, belonging, and our enduring search for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeywords: \u003c\/strong\u003e literary fiction; short story collection; poetic prose; magical realism; contemporary anthology; human condition; memory and transformation; travel and belonging; surrealism; psychological fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eSettle into your seat and prepare to journey into a world where the surreal meets the macabre, where the eerie waltzes with the absurd, and where reality is never quite what it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross these eighteen tales, reality malfunctions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e soil is eaten, books are swallowed, flesh fuses with bark. From an Irish pub where men gargle seawater, to a Kensington basement where a chef prepares a final, impossible meal, Morton moves between dark comedy and darker transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the Turkana boy whose nose reveals oil and alters his village forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The three men who wait a decade for a garden plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The taxidermist who perfects an art born of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The old dog philosopher warming himself by the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories traverse the aftershocks of empire, the edges of belonging, and the strange price we pay for the things we desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting, tender, and imaginative debut - a collection where the world tilts, the familiar becomes uncanny, and every page opens a door into a place just slightly sideways from our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorton, Dennis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dennis Morton has never been one for the beaten path. Conscripted into the South African army in 1979, his journey has since spanned continents and causes-from hitchhiking across Europe and managing oil exploration projects to standing alongside nomadic tribes in Africa in the fight against destructive ventures. Now based in the United Kingdom, Dennis channels a lifetime of travel, activism, and observation into his fiction. A photographer at heart and a poet by nature, he writes stories that blur the line between the real and the surreal, exploring humanity, memory, and the restless search for meaning.","brand":"Curious Crow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998126932242,"sku":"9781036962920","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bb3b0c3e-dd15-4043-aff8-b96161d0c36e.jpg?v=1770140288","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-without-a-head-9781036962920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}