Catherine Czerkawska: 6 books

Michael is a young man, living in contented isolation on a West of Scotland beach and making artworks with the pebbles and shells, the flotsam and jetsam he finds there. He is perfectly happy, but the people around him find his isolation disturbing, and when he comes upon an object washed ashore that...

There can be few stories stranger than that of Robert Kirk, minister of Aberfoyle in late seventeenth century Scotland. He was the seventh son of a seventh son, which supposedly gave him powers to communicate with the supernatural world. He wrote his treatise about that other world and the creatures...

These are four short stories by novelist and playwright, Catherine Czerkawska. They might be subtitled 'four love stories' but it's up to the reader to decide who loves what and why. In the title story, A Quiet Afternoon in the Museum of Torture, Ros and Davy, holidaying in Tuscany with their new baby,...

This is a trio of powerful short stories from novelist and playwright, Catherine Czerkawska. In the title story, Mags takes her small son to the Scottish fishing village where her grandparents once lived and - briefly - renews an old friendship. Your Own Skipper is a tale of missed opportunities,...

Stained Glass is a trio of ghost stories. In the title story, Stained Glass, a young man who has recently moved to a small village sees more than he bargained for through his cottage window. The Penny Execution is about a saleroom acquisition with a terrible secret. Be careful what you bid...

‘The musician had begun again, a guitar solo this time, his dark head bent low and lovingly over the instrument, absorbed in it. Margaret found herself watching him. She found her gaze riveted to his wrist and hand as it moved on the guitar, her attention caught by the brown skin against the pale blue...