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Expect the unexpected! Strange figures dance in the moonlight, an ancient vine hides a terrible secret, and fish swim in the sky in this eerily compelling collection of short stories.

Contents:

The green arches, by Joan Aiken

The Azteck opal, by Rodrigues Ottolengui

Wuthering Heights (an extract), by Emily Bronte

The girl who kissed the peach tree (an Italian folk tale), by Eleanor Farjeon

The thing in the pond, by Paul Ernst

Smart ice cream, by Paul Jennings

The pelican, by Ann Pilling

The adventures of Johnnie Waverly, by Agatha Christie

The tower, by Carl Jung

The scythe, by Ray Bradbury

A sea above the sky, by Thomas Wright

A vine on a house, by Ambrose Bierce

The master, by Diana Wynne Jones

King Arthur (an extract), by Sir Thomas Malory

The whisperer, by Vivien Alcock

Texts, by Ursula le Guin

The sky sea, by Helen Cresswell

The adventure of the Sussex vampire, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The bewitched jacket, by Dino Buzzati