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Finished over the weekend:

The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami.
... When a man's favourite elephant vanishes, the balance of his whole life is subtly upset; a couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's; a woman finds that she is irresistible to a small green monster that burrows through her front garden; an insomniac wife wakes up to a twilight world of semi-consciousness in which anything seems possible - even death.

I read the book in one sitting. It was not possible to do otherwise. Every single story takes something very mundane and normal and twists it round and turns it inside out. They bring out the surreal is everyday events.

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (a re-read)
... At sunset the pictures which decorate the body of the Illustrated Man come to life, and each proceeds to tell its own story. 'The Veld' is a chilling tale of children taking a game of virtual reality too far; the heartbreaking 'Kaleidoscope' tells of stranded astronauts about to re-enter our atmosphere - without the benefit of a spaceship; while in 'Zero Hour' invading aliens have found a most logical ally - our own children. The Illustrated Man has tried everything to get rid of the images; sandpaper, acid, a knife. For he has reason to know that they are not merely stories; they tell the future.