A Lane to the Land of the Dead and other stories

Ten very different stories linked by the focus on the supernatural and the measured, unsensational quality of the writing. All have a nicely physical grounding in the geography of Manchester and the best of them then take off into more fantastic places: the Angel of Death as a leather-clad attractive young man, the cat which, becomes a baby, the Dracula mask which takes over Imran, the wonderful green candle which allows everyone in the old-people's home to remember a special moment. These gently unsettle and suggest other possibilities, frequently dominated by a warmth for people and their lives.