When he was only six years old his mother sent him to the mosque to learn the Quran

Her notes were played as the light dance steps of lovers...

The tree stood at ten, maybe twelve feet tall, but as far as the boy was concerned, it might as well have reached the grainy, spring sky.

He dances maida maida, like a butterfly around the candle.

Death came around once a month...

Kerryn watched as the lotus bud took shape...

Stephen tells me the wrinkles methodology is a hoax...

They heard the sirens in the distance and they watched the flames gasping into the night and he thought that this must be what the end of the world was going to look like.

When an old college friend of her husband comes to stay, Mrs. Baroda likes him more than she expected, though she is not sure why.

A tourist couple stray from the beaten track and find themselves out of their depth.

A protagonist and her author have a falling-out.

A girl celebrates her father's birthday.

The death of a exemplary servant is widely reported.

In the town of Blackburg - home of raining frogs, crimson snow and Hettie Parlow's ghost - a young tramp stands on a street corner in the rain.

The story of a frantic chase, an apathetic crowd and a machete.