Fiction

A sweet-voiced but lonely bird finds refuge with an isolated statue.

A young man becomes involved with the mysterious, mirthless Lord Ruthven.

The misadventures of a group of reluctant soldiers during the American civil war - in many ways, this story anticipates Catch 22.

Humorous parable about a king who unwisely seeks advice from his subjects on a tough engineering problem.

A bored middle-aged adulterer picks up a young married woman little expecting the great love that will develop.

A man buys the mummified foot of an Egyptian princess as a paperweight but soon finds his dreams disturbed.

"Sometimes I wonder if there's ever an exact moment when your life changes"

"He said follow the beat. Teddy thought, this the beat, isn’t it?"

The story of a suitor, a riddle and an ever-helpful restaurenteur.

Grady drives out into the desert in search of gold.

A frightened railway signal-man is plagued by premonitions of distasters.

What feelings lie behind a kiss?