Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson Science Fiction Action & Adventure Fantasy Humorous

<p><strong>Merton Gill is no ordinary man -- being hardly Merton Gill at all but rather the romantic and popular idol of the silver screen -- Clifford Armytage! -- starring in his great role as the prairie-ranging villain-busting hero Buck Benson.</strong></p><p>Or rather whoever he is -- Merton Clifford or Buck -- he <em>is</em> an ordinary man walking down through the heart of tiny Simsbury past the drugstore and hostel and then waiting in line at the post office for his mail consisting of three magazines: <em>Photo Land</em> <em>Silver Screenings</em> and <em>Camera.</em></p><p>He dreams and unlike his fellow townsfolk he sees no reason to dream small . . . although there is one other like him here: Tessie Kearns the lone soul in Simsbury who understands him. However far away Hollywood might be she too dreams of finding her way there as a scenario writer.</p>