Circewards and other stories Author:Mr Ali D Hildyard A young girl elects a life of refusal in order to uncover the secret, authentic world. A princess takes up residence in the wainscoting. A man exhausts his life simply trying to reach the next village. In these measured, haunting tales, nothing is quite as it seems. With echoes of Borges and Kafka, it's clear the lives we dream are commensurate ... more »with the ones we live, and even language is only a displaced form of desire.« less