The Habit of ArtAuden often said that metre and rhyme led him down unexpected paths to thoughts he wouldn't otherwise have had, and in this respect versification and fornication are not so different. Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty five years, they are observed and interrupted by amongst

since life has lost all meaning for her

Journalist

and a tiresome three-day journey to the forested outskirts of the Empire is the last thing Libertus

The further Jack digs

and half the warriors of Europe have responded

Written at the beginning of his career and originally published in American magazines only

a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder

but he's good at it

Nebula and World Fantasy Awards

Verlyn Webbe

Fast Lovin' Fannie and Butcher Knife Totin' Annie

witty and touching - these stories give voice to a variety of different characters: from the little girl who wants to look 'subtle' for her father's funeral