The Angel With a Net

By Harry More

A novelette which starts off as a slightly surreal description of a restaurant, and then turns into a unique narrative tracing links between objects, places, science, ideas, history, and people. Written using an array of actual facts obtained from the Internet, the globe, science, and history are examined, revealing the complex links between life, death, science, religion, and money.

Some of the occurances are fictional, but anything which could be verified is factual, creating a plotless yet engaging mix of fact and fiction, weaving a complex web of information intended to ensnare the reader in beauty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harry More
• Release date: Oct 23, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465844835

Harry More

Harry More is the assumed name of a writer who lives on Planet Earth.

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The Angel With a Net

Harry More

Copyright 2011 by Harry More

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Taking a cue from the old waitress, the man went person to person, asking if everything was all right. It was not as if everything was necessarily all right, but he asked it anyways. The sky was navy blue, and there was air that was breathed, flesh that was believed in, walls that were known to be there. There were hearts that desired, and brains that thought about various things. There were people who conversed about various things, and some were self-deceived. Others were less so. Music wafted through the air, a wordless phenomena with no reason behind it. The whole world was a womb, with everyone struggling to avoid birth. Cigarette smoke was beautiful, but cigarette smoke nonetheless. Madness concealed is still madness, but no one has to know. Was does not necessarily mean is not now. Is when written always has a context, and should never have the power to turn falsehood into truth.

The man was wearing a hat, and a baby who'd never seen a hat looked at the hat. There was impulsiveness on the part of the baby as it struggled in its mother's breast. A man stared at the baby, and because he was mad, wondered what it meant for there to be a woman carrying a baby at that moment. A man looked at the man looking at the baby, seeing strangeness in the man looking at the baby's eyes. A waiter walked by, and the man asking everyone if everything was all right followed the waiter.

The room had ceiling fans which spun around, casting subtly moving shadows all over the