What sad, appalling, and

surprising things people

do in the name of love and

for the sake of love. These

short stories give us love won

and love lost, love revenged,

love thrown away, love in

triumph, love in despair. It

might be love between men

and women, children and

parents, even humans and

cats; but whichever it is,

love is a force to be

reckoned with.

These short stories give us love won

and love lost, love revenged, love thrown away, love in triumph, love in despair. It might be love between men and women, children and

parents, even humans and cats; but whichever it is, love is a force to be reckoned with.

Deception is usually frowned

on as morally unacceptable,

but is it always wrong? Can

hiding or distorting the

truth sometimes have good

effects, adding to the sum of

human happiness? These ten

stories are full of secrets and

lies, from a light-hearted bit

of fun to dark and desperate

deceit; but whether harmless

or evil, deception can

sometimes lead to quite

unexpected complications

Deception is usually frowned on as morally unacceptable, but is it always wrong? Can hiding or distorting the truth sometimes have good

effects, adding to the sum of human happiness? 

What does it feel like

to be a child? Learning

how to negotiate with the

unpredictable adult world,

learning how to pick a path

through life’s traps and

hazards, learning when the

time has come to put away

childish things. The writers

of these short stories

show us the world as seen

from the far side of the child-

adult divide, a gap

that is sometimes small,

and sometimes an

unbridgeable chasm.

What does it feel like to be a child? Learning how to negotiate with the unpredictable adult world, learning how to pick a path through life’s traps and hazards, learning when the time has come to put away childish things. 

These stories explore the

trials of life from youth to

old age: the idealism of

young people, the stresses

of marriage, the anxieties

of parenthood, and the

loneliness and fears of older

people. The wide variety

of writing styles includes

black humour, satire, and

compassionate and realistic

observation of the follies and

foibles of humankind.

These stories explore the trials of life from youth to old age: the idealism of young people, the stresses of marriage, the anxieties of parenthood, and the loneliness and fears of older people. The wide variety of writing styles includes black humour, satire, and compassionate and realistic observation of the follies and foibles of humankind.