A collection of short stories from the award-winning author of The Rift and The Dollmaker, Nina Allan.This compilation brings together rarely seen tales spanning the vast breadth of Allan's writing career for the first time.It also includes a brand-new introduction and one never-before-published story.Locus has described Nina as 'a subversive writer... playing with both the familiar protocols of genre and with the nature of the reading experience itself.' This is a stunning collection from one of the most astute and innovative voices writing today.