CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HETTY SLEEPING
LUNCH WITH RUTH SYKES
THE GREAT, GRAND, SOAP-WATER KICK
THE SIDMOUTH LETTERS
A SPOT OF GOTHIC
THE TRIBUTE
THE PIG BOY
RODE BY ALL WITH PRIDE
THE EASTER LILIES
THE FIRST ADAM
THE PANGS OF LOVE
STONE TREES
AN UNKNOWN CHILD
SHOWING THE FLAG
SWAN
DAMAGE
THE DIXIE GIRLS
GROUNDLINGS
GRACE
MISS MISTLETOE
TELEGONY
I: GOING INTO A DARK HOUSE
II: SIGNOR SETTIMO
III: THE HOT SWEETS OF CREMONA
THE BOY WHO TURNED INTO A BIKE
MISSING THE MIDNIGHT
THE ZOO AT CHRISTMAS
OLD FILTH
THE GREEN MAN
SOUL MATES
THE PEOPLE ON PRIVILEGE HILL
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