The Desolate Presence

The Desolate Presence and Other Uncanny Stories.

Translated from the French by Iain White.

Contents:

• Two of a Kind
• Modelled in Pure Wax
• The Sparrowhawk
• 15.12.38
• The Blue Coat
• A Dead Butterfly's Wing
• The Desolate Presence
• My Cousin
• The Castellan
• The Girl in the Rain
• The Hunter
• The Passenger
• The Sow
• The Black Ball
• A Real Chinese Puzzle
• The death of Alexis Balakine
• Her Dear Departed Husband
• The Passing of Dr Babylon
• A Night in the Chateau
• Portrait of an Unknown Man
• The Park
• The Equivocal Informant