Short Fiction. In the stories of MAGIA D"AMORE, Scaramouche, Pierrot, Columbine, Imbroglio, Credenzo, Stupenzo and dozens of other stock and imaginary characters of the Commedia dell"Arte enter, exit, and recombine in a series of sexual, societal, and political encounters. These sometimes scatalogical, often scandalous, always sexual figures jump across the pages and time like puppets who have escaped their creator"s hands. These fantastic tales were published originally in such journals as The Kenyon Review and the New Directions Annual. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Murray Pomerance is the author of several books of fiction. He lives in Toronto. MAGIA D"AMORE is Part of the Sun & Moon Classics Series.