ContentsIntroduction 7
The Poets and the Housewife：A FABLE Martin Armstrong 9
Dingo F．Bennett 12
The German Boy Ron Butlin 18
Shopping for One Anne Cassidy 23
The Curse Arthur C．Clarke 26
The Time Keeper Elspeth Davie 29
Getting Used to It Douglas Dunn 40
Having Taken Off My Wheels Martin Elliott 51
The Tree House Ronald Frame 54
Up-Ladle at Three William Glynne-Jones 62
Three Resolutions to One Kashmiri Encounter：AN ARID TITLE FOR A HUMAN INCIDENT Giles Gordon 69
Thucydides Rachel Gould 77
The Girl in the Mad Hat Dorothy Goulden 84
The Other Launderette Helen Harris 90
Trust Mother Audry Thomas Hinde 96
The Return of the Moon Man E．L．Malpass 103
Trotsky’s Other Son Carol Singh 109
The Wedding Jug Philip Smith 116
The Man Jane Stone 124
Nothing Has Changed Colin Thubron 134
The Small Horse Steve Walker 140
Acknowledgements 144