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On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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A major problem for many writers of the strange and supernatural is their deadpan seriousness. Jan Mark has no such problems. Her slightly wicked humour frequently cuts through and illuminates the quietly normal. These nine stories are both creepy and funny, leaving the reader tingling with the possibility of the ghostly. My only complaint is the repetition of a story from Nothing to be Afraid Of, but otherwise this is all pleasure - especially 'Efflorescence' with a wonderfully ingenious code to crack and a character with a huge vocabulary who becomes a Trappist monk.
