Synopsis
Shadrach meets a group of elves as he closes the gas station. It’s raining so he invites them to come home and dry off. At his house the Elf King dies.
History
First publication: Beyond Fantasy Fiction, September 1953
Review
From any other writer I would think this is a standard urban fantasy story, but coming from Dick you automatically start looking for something else. I think you get it too. There is an uncertainty about the things that are happening in Shadrach’s mind, and in the thoughts of the other townspeople. The thought that it is all illusion and Shadrach is mad. So what is real in this story?
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories, trade paperback, Citadel/Kensington, 2003-09-00
