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Martha A. Hood’s Faustian novella “Pond Man Opens A Door” is a chilling take on the Garden of Eden. Where Martha’s “The Miasma Is Not For Us To Say” and “The Valley and the Hill” were witty, incisive takes on small-town bureaucracies and intrigues complicated by ghostly emanations or misdirected sensory perceptions, “Pond Man” is a compelling look at temptation and desire—and the frailty of love.

When landscape designer Thalia enters the Domain of Gardens, the enigmatic Pond Man grants her limitless latitude. But this bounty comes at a cost: Pond Man has no intention of letting her go.

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Pond Man Opens a Door
by Martha A. Hood
Published by Candlemark & Gleam, April 2025
117 pages
eISBN: 978-1-952456-26-8
Cover design: Athena Andreadis and Alan C. Caum; image from Unsplash