Table of Contents

Preface. "The great wave", Mary Lavin; "Cat up a tree", William Sansom; "The pepper-tree", Dal Stivens; "The size of a pocket handkerchief", Viola Meynell; "The people before", Maurice Shadbolt; "Great Uncle Crow", H.E.Bates; "Late night on Watling Street", Bill Naughton; "A high dive", L.P.Hartley; "The interview", R.Prawer Jhabvala; "A message from the pig-man", John Wain; "The bishop's aunt", L.E.Jones; "Charmed lives", Nadine Gordimer; "The man in the moon", Peter Ustinov; "I can play schools", May C.Jenkins; "Last spring they came over", Morley Callaghan; "Forty years on", Norah Lofts; "The will of Allah", David Owoyele; "Ten minutes to twelve", Angus Wislon; "Afternoon of a faun", Rhys Davies; "A wedding in spring", George Lamming.

About the Author

T.S. Dorsch is a writer of short stories and a critic.