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Stay Awake
by Dan ChaonNational Book Award finalist; Author of Await Your Reply
Published: 15/03/2012
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The Undercover Cook
by Katie FfordeA young journalist and her top-secret assignment. An exclusive straight to digital short story from the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.
Published: 02/02/2012
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Computer Seance / Fair Exchange (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellTwo short stories: a woman who claims to communicate with the dead makes the mistake of believing herself, and a tragic story of one life exchanged for another.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Blood Lines (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA motive-less murder and several hit-and-runs perplex Detective Wexford.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Burning End (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA normal family is secretly riven with cruelty and cold-heartedness.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Clothes (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA woman obsessed with buying clothes finally recognises she needs help when they nearly strangle her.
Published: 17/11/2011
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In All Honesty (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA woman dies suddenly after her will has been changed. Is it murder?
Published: 17/11/2011
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The Man Who Was The God of Love (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA husband murders his wife after she finds out he's not as clever as she thought.
Published: 17/11/2011
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The Strawberry Tree (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellYears after a brother vanished with his girlfriend on holiday, his sister is visited by two people claiming to be them.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Catamount / The Wink (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellTwo stories: in one nature lures and lulls an over-curious tourist and in the other a woman is cast back to a troubled childhood simply by being winked at.
Published: 17/11/2011
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High Mysterious Union (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA simple cottage retreat is drastically altered by the weird charms of the local women.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Myth / The Astronomical Scarf / Walter's Leg (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellThree short stories: one man is obsessed by a mysterious map - and its sinister influences; an enrapturing object seems to warp the destiny of its posessors; and they say time heals all wounds - but not in this case.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Piranha to Scurfy (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellA man's twisted obsession with reading results in a morbid blurring of fiction and fact.
Published: 17/11/2011
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The Beach Butler / The Professional (Storycuts)
by Ruth RendellTwo short stories: a dull holiday is transformed by conspiracy and lust; and a murder in a department store reveals shocking truths
Published: 17/11/2011
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How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts)
by Su TongTwo short stories: a folklorist collecting stories enrages some villagers; and a little girl on a bridge shouts warnings about the water demon.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Dance of Heartbreak/The Diary for August (Storycuts)
by Su TongTwo short stories: a boy and girl who was like 'a little child of glass'; and a young boy, dripping wet from the swimming pool, has caused a disaster.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Goddess Peak/The Q of Hearts (Storycuts)
by Su TongTwo short stories: a love triangle aboard a steamboat; and a dystopian portrait of a childhood during the cultural revolution.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Atmospheric Pressure (Storycuts)
by Su TongA stay at a hostel brings up old associations.
Published: 17/11/2011
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Home in May (Storycuts)
by Su TongVisiting an old neighbourhood unearths memories of the past.
Published: 17/11/2011
