The Later Ferry
Travel and adventure
A changed bus route leaves two travellers with a choice about their journey home.
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Friendship and family
Two siblings share a kitchen and discover that an old argument still fits inside it.
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One Minute Later
Fantasy
A station caretaker discovers that a borrowed minute has to come from somewhere.
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A Walk on Saturday
Romance
An old booking gives two former partners a reason to have a difficult conversation.
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The Apples and the Coins
Mystery
A market seller has fewer apples than expected, but more money.
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The Important Visitor
Comedy
A restaurant owner prepares for the wrong kind of inspection.
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Moving the Moon
Travel and adventure
Rain is coming, and the theatre’s largest prop will not fit through the door.
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The Last Viewing
Romance
A flat viewing brings two former partners back to a place they once imagined sharing.
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Two Receipts
Mystery
Two people bring the same repair receipt to a watch shop, but a receipt proves less than they think.
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Lady Audley's Secret
Mystery
The charming Lady Audley appears to have found security through marriage to a wealthy older man. When Robert Audley's friend disappears, his investigation begins to uncover unsettling connections between her carefully presented life and a concealed past.
Suspense is accessible through dialogue, with older expressions and elaborate descriptions between exchanges.
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The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.
Mystery
A sailor's disappearance draws attention to Sweeney Todd's sinister barber shop on London's Fleet Street. As friends search for answers, a string of pearls connects their investigation to a web of deception, danger and unsettling secrets.
Extended suspense narration mixes older idioms with practical dialogue and detailed descriptions.
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Manon Lescaut
Romance
The young Des Grieux abandons the respectable future planned for him after falling in love with Manon Lescaut. Their relationship is tested by poverty, luxury and betrayal as devotion carries him deeper into a life of risky decisions.
Reflective first-person narration uses long subordinate clauses and older expressions of feeling.
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