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Tale of the highs and lows of working in a chip shop. Contains strong language.
A travel guide to the little-known Eastern European destination of O.
An obese mother's unusual powers of water retention save her family.
A profile of the timid but highly irritating man known to his friends as Luke.
Detailing Dr Ludwig Boitus' studies of the strangely charastmatic Caliguinas bird.
An author, at work on the third chapter of his eighth novel, is interrupted by an encyclopaedia salesman.
In the window of a dismal 'Toy Emporium' a particularly horrible doll in peach-coloured velvet with leopard-skin accessories fires the imagination of two passing children.
Matilda ignores Mrs. Panstreppon's advice not to take her rumbustious son to the poll on his father's election day.
At night, in the autumn of 1861, a brave but sensitive Federal officer sits alone in the heart of a forest in western Virginia.
One half of a pair of absolutely identical twins tells of the strange, supernatural bond between him and his brother.
A compilation of the facts and testimonies of witnesses following the return of a dedicated shop keeper from the dead.
Unusual barber shop conversation.
Insurance agents get a bashing in this witty reworking of the Aesop-style fable.
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 late night encounter between an intelligent but lazy village dropout and the peasant wife of a signalman.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
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.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
