[Walter de la Mare : Complete Short Stories 02] • Short Stories 1927-1956

For many, Walter de la Mare is as great a writer of fiction as of poetry. Sadly, the majority of his short stories have been unavailable for some time. Now this welcome volume, the second of three, brings together more stories written between 1927 and 1956, including "On the Edge, The Wind Blows Over, A Beginning and Other Stories, " as well as four uncollected stories and four unpublished stories.

Contents of Short Stories 1927-1956:

(1) On the Edge: Short Stories (1930): A Recluse; Willows; Crewe; At First Sight; The Green Room; The Orgy; An Idyll; The Picnic; An Ideal Craftsman.

(2) The Wind Blows Over (1936): What Dreams May Come; Cape Race; Physic; The Talisman; In The Forest; A Froward Child; Miss Miller; The House; A Revenant; A Nest of Singing-Birds; The Trumpet.

(3) A Beginning and Other Stories (1955): Odd Shop; Music; The Stranger; Neighbours; The Princess; The Guardian; The Face; The Cartouche; The Picture; The Quincunx; An Anniversary; Bad Company; A Beginning.

(4) Uncollected stories: The Lynx; A Sort of Interview; The Miller's Tale; A:B:O.

(5) Unpublished stories: The Orgy: an Idyll, part II; Late; Pig; Dr Iggatt.