. . "FICTION Short Stories (single author)" . . . "Fables"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Fables" . . . . . . . . . "False gods" . "False gods"@en . . . . . . "Ancient Greek deities inspire these six twentieth-century New York stories. In \"Polyhymnia, Muse of Sacred Song\", a would-be priest struggles with his spiritual and aesthetic natures. In \"Charity, Goddess of our Day\", a young lawyer leaves the family firm to become a zoo fundraiser. In \"Hephaestus, God of Newfangled Things\", an aged architect reflects on his life's work and the turns it has taken."@en . . . "Ancient Greek deities inspire these six twentieth-century New York stories. In \"Polyhymnia, Muse of Sacred Song\", a would-be priest struggles with his spiritual and aesthetic natures. In \"Charity, Goddess of our Day\", a young lawyer leaves the family firm to become a zoo fundraiser. In \"Hephaestus, God of Newfangled Things\", an aged architect reflects on his life's work and the turns it has taken." .