THE DARK NEST VOLUME 1
​
STUMPWORK
​
​
Cicely tries to make her own embroidered version of the great paintings, with unexpected results
THE TALKING
DOG
​
​
A dog's mistress learns to hear his voice, but she is disappointed by what he says
THE MINK
ROOM
​
​
A fantasy in which a woman wakes up in a room lined with mink
THE GROWLER
​
​
Clarissa's nether regions are talkative
CARGO CULT
​
​
An attic with a mind of its own
MRS HUDSON'S TALE
​
​
As told by Mrs Hudson, the landlady of Sherlock Holmes
DAVID BOWIE IN BLACKWELL'S BOOKSHOP
​
​
David Bowie is accidentally reincarnated in Portsmouth
THE CONNOISSEUR
​
​
Henry is a collector of miniature figurines, but his treasures turn against him
THE SETTLEMENT
​
​
Sarah’s realistic doll takes on a new identity
THE MYSTERIOUS LOVER
​
​
A lover who is not what he seems at first
THE SHINING FURROW
​
​
A woman’s skin becomes transparent, showing the workings of the organs beneath
HOMUNCULUS
​
​
A very unusual ventriloquist's dummy
FIELD OF REEDS
​​
Punishment and revenge, inspired by Ancient Egypt
BEWARE WHAT YOU WISH FOR
​
​
A woman who falls in love with a man much younger than herself, and finds a novel way of overcoming the problem. Or so she thinks
MARICI
​
​
The story of Sacha, a woman who grows a set of wings
DENTAL HYGIENE
​
​
Jasper is a dentist who dislikes kissing, and this inhibits his success with women, but he finds a way round the problem
THE SALT PANS
​
​
In a future global catastrophe there is an acute shortage of the wherewithal for survival
GOLDEN FLOOR
​
​
Sarah and Willliam find a sinister floor in their new house