First published in Great Britain in 1995 by Chancellor Press

an imprint of Reed Consumer Books Limited

Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW3 6RB

and Auckland, Melbourne, Singapore and Toronto

This collection has been compiled and edited by Jason Cheriton

Copyright © in this collection

Betterware Plc 1995

 

Copyright in individual stories as follows:

‘A La Carte’ © Jeffrey Archer 1988;

‘Lucky Dip’ © Deborah Moggach 1989;

‘A Dog in the Dark’ © Richard Adams 1995;

Tail’ © Bill James 1995; ‘A Safe Place’ © Anna Reynolds 1995;

The Case of the Parr Children’ © Lady Antonia Fraser 1979

(reproduced by kind permission of Curtis Brown Limited);

‘Romance 1988’ © Doris Lessing 1988

(reproduced by kind permission of Jonathan Clowes Limited);

The Bunting Affirms’ © H. R. F. Keating 1995;

“Old Flame’ © William Trevor 1993;

‘The Village’ © G. Mackay Brown 1995;

‘Sound Proof’ © Angela Keys 1995;

‘The Nice Boys’ © Isabel Colegate 1965;

‘Recipe for Victory’ © Maeve Binchy 1989;

‘The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring’ © Julian Symons 1979

(reproduced by kind permission of Curtis Brown Limited);

‘Vampire’ © Hilary Norman 1983;

‘Paperwork’ © Ruth Rendell 1988.

ISBN 1 85152 891 1

Printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd