Marie Spillane

In these richly imagined stories anything is possible... An octopus on the trail of a pair of criminals; an island where gargoyles fly to spend their down time; an alien social researcher is left to cope with an unexpected problem of scale. An ancient stone carving decides to go walk-about, sending the ghostly guardians of her home into a flurry; a travelling trader desperate for a decent cup of tea finds that nothing that simple is ever easy, even...