Ten Short StoriesContains: The Umbrella Man; Dip in the Pool; The Butler; The Hitchhiker; Mr Botibol; My Lady Love, My Dove; The Way Up to Heaven; Parson's Pleasure; The Sound Machine; The Wish.

the wily Runcorn

As a seventh generation of the legendary Wallenda family he grew up performing entertaining and pushing the boundaries of gravity and balance

but after three years behind bars she has finally paid her dues

will Satanya be forced to live out the rest of her days as her worst nightmare: a kind and gentle soul

Author Ali Rosen has put a long career in the food world to use

physics and mathematics

The good news

In a village close to Chernobyl

Spencer Johnson

During a firefight with the Taliban he risked his life under heavy enemy fire to rescue three Afghan soldiers cut off from friendly forces and return the bodies of two dead Afghan soldiers under the ethos that 'no one gets left behind

From its earliest origins to the present day

With his mom on the verge of a breakdown