Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats
Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats
Wombats is a short science fiction novel, the sequel to the hard-to-find
Now You See It/Him/Them; it is probably better to read them in order, but most people don't. I didn't. There's a good chance you won't either, as only
Wombats has the advantage of being available for free on the Internet Archive.
Joe Karns is a lightning rod for weirdness -- a rather unwilling lightning rod, but it's not the worst problem a reporter could have. Unfortunately for his career, most of the weird things that happen to him are too weird to write about; for example, one day, a wombat spontaneously materializes on his desk. Thankfully, a few moments later it disappears again.