In her first collection, award-winning author Helen Grant plumbs the depths of the uncanny. Ten fathoms down, where the light filtering through the salt water turns everything grey-green, something awaits unwary divers. A self-aggrandising art critic travelling in rural Slovakia finds love with a beauty half his age—and pays the price. In a small German town, a nocturnal visitor preys upon children; there is a way to keep it off—but the ritual must be perfect. A rock climber dares to scale a local crag with a diabolical reputation, and makes a shocking discovery at the top.
In each of these seven tales, unpleasantries and grotesqueries abound—and Grant reminds us with each one that there can be fates even worse than death.
Contents:
“Grauer Hans”
“The Sea Change”
“The Game of Bear”
“Self Catering”
“Nathair Dhubh”
“Alberic de Mauléon”
“The Calvary at Banská Bystrica”
