Agnes Owens: The Complete Short Stories

This complete collection of Agnes Owens’ short stories starts with her first, Arabella, the portrait of a modern witch written in 1978. Then come the tales in Gentlemen of the West (1984), Lean Tales (1985) and People Like That (1996). It ends with fourteen recent stories which prove Agnes’ eighty-odd years have not dulled her wickedly humorous eye for dark romance, family tragedy and a damn good story. Her warmth and humanity do not hide the underlying gravity of these tales which are the work of a uniquely talented and entertaining writer.