First published in UK February 2011
by Tindal Street Press Ltd
217 The Custard Factory, Gibb Street,
Birmingham, B9 4AA
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Copyright © 2011 Gaynor Arnold
The moral right of Gaynor Arnold to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without either prior permission in writing from the publisher or a licence, permitting restricted copying. In the United Kingdom such licences are issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP OLP
All the characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental
The following stories were previously published: ‘Mouth’ was first published in the anthology Mouth (TSFG, 1996); ‘Heart Trouble’ in Raw Edge Magazine 1997, also in Going the Distance anthology (Tindal Street Press, 2003). A shorter version of ‘In the Street of the Rose-gatherers’ was published in Salvo (Cannon Hill, 2006) as ‘Guns and Roses’. ‘Taking People In’ appeared as ‘Hospitality’ in Her Majesty (Tindal Street Press, 2002). ‘Lying Together’ was first published in New Writer February 1997 and in The Warwick Review Vol. IV No.2 June 2010.
A CIP catalogue reference for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978 1 906994 11 2
Typeset by Alma Books Ltd
Printed and bound in Great Britain by
CPI Mackays, Chatham ME5 8TD
