Short Stories

Frankly, Framton Nuttel doubted whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much towards helping his nerve cure.

Who is the mysterious Mr. W. H. to whom Shakespere dedicated his sonnets? The validity of one bizarre theory hinges on a wonderful painting

An obese mother's unusual powers of water retention save her family.

Danny McCree wakes up one morning to find it's Easter Day and his father's on about hippopotamuses.

The enchanting poem about the Glugs who live in Gosh, a land of adventures and magic.

The great king Hkrikros - a devout worshiper of the sacred and esteemed serpants - depairs as his favourite nephew begins to show signs of C

A fearsome mosquito traps a man in his apartment.

A short break and a cat's response throw light on a relationship.

A man sets out to uncover the secrets of the strange natural phenomenon that is the Maelstrom vortex.

A protagonist and her author have a falling-out.

Touching story in which two immigrants are brought together by a broken lift.

The last crime of the notorious thief Flambeau was a Christmas crime, a cheery, cosy, English middle-class crime.