THE DARK NEST VOLUME 2
THE HAUNTED SHEETS
A landlord has a very strange lodger, who has a fondness for real linen
SOULMATES
By the Albert Memorial, Cosetta meets her soul-mate. But he isn't, as it turns out
WONDER WOMAN
A man makes a birthday wish to see his heroine, but it all turns out rather badly
THE DOLMEN
A man decides to become part of a standing stone circle
Photo courtesy Alan Everatt
IRENE ADLER AT THE REICHENBACH FALLS
Professor Moriarty is not what he seems
THE PROMONTORY
A strange journey, where everything familiar disappears
RAPUNZEL
A new take on the story of the girl with impossible hair
THE SMELL OF BURNING
Two women have a friend-ship of unequal fascination and savage dependence. The tensions are resolved by fire
CHARISMA
Being a literary executor is a difficult task
THE SPACES IN THE SELF
An actress experiments with various acting styles, and is dismayed by audiences' response
FIRST BURY YOUR MARTIAN
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
Family history is not, perhaps, as life-enhancing as we think
THE DIMITY SHOES
An ex-teacher resists being made to move from her rightful place
STRANGER ON A TRAIN
On a hot summer's day, a girl on a train
meets an unexpected passenger
PARACHUTE SILK
Vera’s wedding dress has a mind of its own
THE LESSON
A machine understands more than its owner
PICA
An unusual diet has unforeseen consequences
THE DOOR
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
A story-teller finds a magic
cauldron
BACKWARDS
Augustina prefers to talk to the back rather than to the front
SOFA STORIES
Upholstery can be surprising
THE GEARS OF TIME
Somewhere a tap is dripping