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The Cloud Sculptors of Coral D by J.G. Ballard:
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"From the inventive J. G. Ballard comes this month's cover story, a haunting tale of three men who soar in gliders to the clouds and carve them into likenesses of sea-horses and unicorns, lizards and exotic birds, and, finally and tragically, into the portrait of an insane woman."

('The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D' by J.G. Ballard)

Curious little story by Ballard set in Vermillion Sands. A retired pilot and a kite-maker team up to make cloud sculpting possible. A mysterious and beautiful woman (of which there are no lack in VS) complicates matters. Select an invention:

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