Wonderland (novella)
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''Wonderland'' is an original novella written by
Mark Chadbourn Mark Chadbourn is an English fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and horror author with more than a dozen novels (and one non-fiction book) published around the world. Born in the English Midlands from a long line of coal miners. he g ...
and based on the long-running British
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''. It features the
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and
Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, × ...
and
Polly Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina, Polona, Paula or Paulina. People named or nicknamed Polly Female *Caresse Crosby ...
. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition () featuring a frontispiece by Dominic Harman. Both editions have a foreword by
Graham Joyce Graham William Joyce (22 October 1954 â€“ 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award and the World Fantasy Award, for both his novels and short stories ...
.


Plot

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
. The late 60s. An innocent young woman named Summer is caught up in danger as a popular new drug seems to be far more than just a way to have a good time. Fortunately she gains three allies, British tourists seemingly, Ben, Polly and The Doctor.


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The Cloister Library - ''Wonderland''
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