Project Gutenberg 2016-04-08 Public domain in the USA. 55 Stuart, William W. Walker The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Little Man Who Wasn't Quite" by William W. Stuart is a short story that falls within the speculative fiction genre. Written in the early 1960s, the narrative explores themes of perception, existence, and the human condition through a unique lens of reality and surrealism. The story revolves around the lives of the marginal figures often found on skid row, delving into the experiences of those who exist on the fringes of society, particularly through the lens of a character named Wino Jones and his elusive friend, Stanley. The plot unfolds as the narrator encounters Wino Jones, a seemingly amiable man who introduces him to Stanley, a small, shadowy figure that only some can see. As the story progresses, it becomes evident that Stanley embodies the forgotten and ignored individuals of the world, existing in a state of near-invisibility while desperately seeking recognition and connection. Wino Jones shares his deep friendship with Stanley, who begins to exhibit more pronounced characteristics and ambitions to escape the confines of their life on skid row. However, when Stanley invites Bootnose, another street dweller, to join him on a journey beyond the normal realm, a dark presence, representing the collective fears and ghosts of skid row, is unleashed. The story culminates in an unsettling abandonment of the known world, leaving the reader to ponder the consequences of disregard and loss in a society that often overlooks its most vulnerable individuals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Skid row -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 63226 63230 2024-09-21T13:39:37.445978 2023-09-22T10:33:36.435756 text/html text/html 59748 2016-04-08T14:07:04 text/html; charset=us-ascii 225922 2016-04-08T14:07:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 251110 2024-09-21T13:39:39.355977 application/epub+zip 250018 2024-09-21T13:39:37.845096 application/epub+zip 82273 2024-09-21T13:39:37.631972 application/epub+zip 286738 2024-09-21T13:39:40.698969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279960 2024-09-21T13:39:39.145967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112454 2022-09-23T14:28:41.202580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56501 56406 2024-09-21T13:39:37.302969 2023-09-22T10:33:36.220763 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56421 2016-04-08T14:07:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21982 2016-04-08T14:07:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18486 2024-09-21T13:39:40.826949 application/rdf+xml 26836 2024-09-21T13:39:37.699969 image/jpeg 4058 2024-09-21T13:39:37.665965 image/jpeg 226850 2024-09-21T13:39:37.458983 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog