Ozymandias and Other Stories Author:Jim Palmer Ozymandias and Other Stories is the story of a fictitous ethnic group set in a fictitious neighborhood. — Set in The Pocket, a six-block stretch of South St. Louis which is home to a recently-arrived community of immigrants from Grussetia, Ozymandias and Other Stories chronicles the lifecycle of a vibrant ethnic neighborhood. Fantas... more »y and reality combine precariously as poets, warring bandit clans, frustrated visionaries, revolutionaries, gangsters, priests with odd powers and blue collar workers weave their way through these six interconnected stories.« less