Monday 1 July 2024

LOST ESTATES by Mark Valentine (Swan River Press 2024)


I recently received a copy of this handsome volume (thank you very much to Swan River) and will offer my thoughts on the contents in a running review. In the meantime, consider the lovely cover. Two of the stories will be familiar to ST readers as they first appeared in the magazine.





Contents


“A Chess Game at Michaelmas”
“Worse Things Than Serpents”
“Fortunes Told: Fresh Samphire”
“The House of Flame”
“The Seventh Card”
“And maybe the parakeet was correct”
“Laughter Ever After”
“Readers of the Sands”
“The Understanding of the Signs”
“Lost Estates”
“The End of Alpha Street”
“The Fifth Moon”

“Sources”
“Acknowledgements”
“About the Author”





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