THE DARK NEST VOLUME 2
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THE HAUNTED SHEETS
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A landlord has a very strange lodger, who has a fondness for real linen
SOULMATES
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By the Albert Memorial, Cosetta meets her soul-mate. But he isn't, as it turns out
WONDER WOMAN
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A man makes a birthday wish to see his heroine, but it all turns out rather badly
THE DOLMEN
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A man decides to become part of a standing stone circle
Photo courtesy Alan Everatt
IRENE ADLER AT THE REICHENBACH FALLS
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Professor Moriarty is not what he seems
THE PROMONTORY
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A strange journey, where everything familiar disappears
RAPUNZEL
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A new take on the story of the girl with impossible hair
THE SMELL OF BURNING
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Two women have a friend-ship of unequal fascination and savage dependence. The tensions are resolved by fire
CHARISMA
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Being a literary executor is a difficult task
THE SPACES IN THE SELF
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An actress experiments with various acting styles, and is dismayed by audiences' response
FIRST BURY YOUR MARTIAN
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A young woman finds a strange body buried in a wood. After that, nothing in her life is ever the same again
MRS BLOOD'S POND
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Family history is not, perhaps, as life-enhancing as we think
THE DIMITY SHOES
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An ex-teacher resists being made to move from her rightful place
STRANGER ON A TRAIN
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On a hot summer's day, a girl on a train
meets an unexpected passenger
PARACHUTE SILK
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Vera’s wedding dress has a mind of its own
THE LESSON
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A machine understands more than its owner
PICA
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An unusual diet has unforeseen consequences
THE DOOR
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Cecile is changing into something strange, and feels she needs to open the door, go out onto the moor and find her kin
THE SAUCEPAN
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A story-teller finds a magic
cauldron
BACKWARDS
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Augustina prefers to talk to the back rather than to the front
SOFA STORIES
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Upholstery can be surprising
THE GEARS OF TIME
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Somewhere a tap is dripping