An eclectic collection of bitter-sweet short stories: "The Saga of Old Bill's Bathroom Basin", "The Violent Deaths of Mate and She", "The Trouble with Fred", "To Wake on Firle Beacon", "46 Dollars and 25 Cents", "Last Chance for Lana", "The Rock", "Cutting a Long Story Short", "A Matter of Life — or Death?", "Little Thief", "Jane Brady — MI5 Agent 0010", "When Venus Took the Tube"; Novellas: "Whatever Happened to Lola", "The Emancipation of Alice Isobel Butler" and "Johnny and Louise"; and Short Plays: "The Picture of Nothing" and "The Apple Tree".