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The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm
The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Was like...
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller
After rummaging in her bags, Corinna pulls out a book and gives it to you.
“But this isn’t it,” you say
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller
So, then, you noticed in a newspaper that If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller had appeared,...
The History of Mr Polly
The essential thing of those fifteen long years of shopkeeping is Mr Polly, well athwart the...
Auto Da Fé
As he was passing by the cathedral, warm, uncanny sounds reached his ears. He would have sung in...
Auto Da Fé
‘How old are you?’ ‘Nine and a bit.’ ‘Which would you prefer, a...
The Human Factor
He opened the book at random, or so he believed, but a book is like a sandy path that keeps the...
