Once upon a time

Mythical country: the fantasy writer tells us about her new novel

MARIE peered out of the front room window, wondering if people would be on time. And not only that – what if nobody showed? She let the net curtain drop, listening to the kettle whistling in the kitch

Spooky tales that resurrect the mythological past

Pulse Cynan Jones (Granta, £14.99) Saints Tim MacGabhann ...

On being told that they had been bitten by a venomous snake, most eight-year-olds would panic. Not Nicholas Jubber; he was not terrified but disappointed by a diagnosis that contradicted his own. Nich

Tales of the uncanny from a master of ambiguity