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The Boy Who Could See Death

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The Boy Who Could See Death

By: Salley Vickers
Narrated by: Anna Bentinck, Peter Noble
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Eli is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary gift. It will shape the course of his whole life.

Cousin Francesca, a charming spinster and a favourite with the children, is harbouring kleptomaniac tendencies.

Sarah Palliser, living alone next to a ramshackle graveyard, is more scared of the small box under her stairs than the ghosts outside her window.

Dreamy artist Nan is nursing a growing obsession with wolves in Britain, and the recently widowed Frances finds herself inventing an exotic imaginary boyfriend.

In this collection of 11 remarkable stories, Salley Vickers explores bereavement and betrayal, closely guarded secrets and common gossip, long-overdue endings and decidedly strange beginnings.

©2016 Salley Vickers (P)2016 Oakhill Publishing
Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Short Stories

Critic reviews

"Effortlessly conjures surprises, brilliantly realized, pricelessly entertaining." ( Observer)
"Tremendous, unsettling, brilliantly creepy." ( Independent)
"A compelling and often startling collection of stories. Vickers is a storyteller of note and grace." ( Daily Express)
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