With Mary Shelley's Frankenstein included--two tales of terror in one!In this chilling sequel to Mary Shelley's famous tale, Hilary Bailey imagines what might have happened if Frankenstein had created a female companion for his monster.The story begins in 1826 when a wealthy, young man by the nam...
The wall at the end had been hit and where it had stood was a vast heap of crumbly bricks and splintered wood. Beyond that were the two walls left standing after the house opposite Vi’s had been struck in a previous raid. ‘Can you lift while I fix this?’ asked Sally. She was trying to put the bac...
My ancestors had been for many years counselors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations with honor and reputation. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business. He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the ...
exclaimed Jess in horror. Although they were eating in an old-fashioned Italian restaurant just off Oxford Street, where the tables were quite widely separated, Fleur saw a man turn round when he heard Jess’s anguished voice. Jess was still talking, though in a slightly lower tone. “I can’t belie...
She was thinking hard. She had two hundred pounds under the mattress and one hundred in the Post Office and, all too soon, Arnie Rose would be coming courting in Meakin Street. It was inadvisable to refuse either of the Rose brothers what they wanted. Arnie’s sentimentality could turn easily to v...
June 2nd, 2015. 7.30 p.m. Frederick Muldoon and his Home Secretary, Alan Petherbridge, sat in Muldoon’s office, by a fireplace filled with a large arrangement of flowers and foliage, creamy roses, bright red gladioli, pink and cream orchids. They had no eyes for the flowers. ‘Six people under arr...