Contents

From the Editors the cat who was cleopatra • WILIAM PALMER

Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel

A Vintage Life • ADAM SISMAN

Anne Fadiman, The Wine Lover’s Daughter

On the Slime Line • FRANCES DONELY

Martin Cruz Smith, Polar Star

The Elephant Man in the Room • DANIEL CREAMER

Frederick Treves, The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences

Death and the Duchess • LAURIE GRAHAM

Hugo Vickers, Behind Closed Doors

‘Hold on tight . . . and believe’ • linda leatherbarrow

Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Contemplating Eternity • MARIANE FISHER

David Jones, The Anathemata

Death by Chocolate • MARTIN EDWARDS

Anthony Berkeley, The Poisoned Chocolates Case

Return to Sender • MORAG MACINES

Undelivered Letters to Hudson’s Bay Company Men

A Guest of the Party • DEREK PARKER

Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

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