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A woman reflects on an old love.
A man uncovers the dark secret of a mysterious valley owned by a xenophobic drunkard.
A sad, gentle tale of memories and a magic moneybox.
A man contemplating ending it all off the edge of a cliff is apparently - by an enormous stroke of luck - given a second chance.
First person account of a department store caretaker's final day before retirement.
They would have the time of their lives. A long time.
Touching story in which two immigrants are brought together by a broken lift.
A woman tells of a particularly stressful experience involving a visiting bishop, a flood and a hungry leopard.
An atmospheric recollection of a riverside encounter.
A man falls in love with the sister of a ruined landowner, a predatory woman turned cold by a lust for money and status.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
Yesterday’s air sucked out, tidied and smoothed for re-use.
But in my head that summer before we moved into the town was yellow and purple and red and supremely happy
He dances maida maida, like a butterfly around the candle.
Truda paused at the gate and tried to calm her racing heart.
She said she was crying tears of happiness. That’s when I learnt that happiness could make you cry too.
It was Christmas the first time they made love; he said it felt like coming home
"I love you, Martha, but you break things. You're breaking us."
You have to play the cards you're dealt
