When she was younger, Ellen had seen them all the time, bouncing in the wind like tumbleweeds. She called them the Balloon Men. Now she wonders if they really exist... Reece knows he can see things other people can't, and he's running from a nightmare that menaces people with barracuda teeth... Somewhere between Ellen's doubts and Reece's certainties lies Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair. Laced with parables, this Nebula nominated story has much to say about the nature of Magic. ~ Charles de Lint: Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair (1991) Description