I Wanted to be Close to You by Katie Oliver

I Wanted to be Close to You by Katie Oliver"I wanted to be close to you. So I went to the forest" Gardens, relationships and imaginations run wild in Katie Oliver's debut short fiction collection. The world is unpredictable and no woman is safe. Boundaries are blurred: between fantasy and reality, technology and nature, autonomy and oppression. The threat of violence simmers throughout as women transform into birds, converse with plants and plot their revenge. These dark, surreal tales will

'Clever and chilling - and all too plausible' Carole Johnstone

But will they ever manage to send the perfect pet

essays and reports on family and sexual matters

in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage

The Four Winds is a deeply moving

as well as a glossary of terms and movements at the back

Overcome tests from the universe5

An addictive blend of mystery

Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday

delicate and talented ballerina with a turbulent past

'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle

his post-war adventures in Paris and Greece