The Hour of the Locust Mila Haugova

The Hour of the Locust Mila HaugovaWhen millions of locusts decimate the harvest, the residents of a village have no choice but to take to banditry to survive. Much as they believe this is a temporary measure and their wives will faithfully await their return, the dozen strong gang soon finds itself on a slippery slope leading to pillaging, murder and sadism.

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Roy McFarlane

Doppelgänger consists of two stories that skillfully revisit the question of “doubles” (famously explored by Stevenson

she received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors

the Gospel of Luke

from a poet with a glorious way with words

from the Mabinogion

wind lashed and melancholy

Not only fun has been missing

the martyred and maimed and

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and giving a voice to characters from the past who would not otherwise have had a voice