D Reeder: 10 books

"It's not finished!" the judge at the Oundle Literary Festival told me. I had just been awarded first prize for 'The Gift' so I was astonished to hear these words. "It needs more," she continued. She looked at me with sharp eyes through her spectacles just as an eagle...

There is a tradition in England during the month of December of people gathering by a fire late at night, long after all the children are safely tucked up in bed and then telling a ghost story. Usually Christmas Eve is the chosen time for such tales of the supernatural. This is such a tale...

The paths carved out by nomadic traders throughout the land of Somalia are ancient. Camel trains have long carried goods from market to market, nowadays, of course, new roads follow some of these ancient trade routes. Sadly, the wisdom which so easily found such easy pathways throughout the...

All the detail in this short story are based on what happened just a few weeks ago. We are still mystified by what we saw and what is still happening to the frogs on the patio.As I type this Tama, my neighbour's cat from three doors away, has just dashed in again and seems expecially jumpy!Scary!

There is a tradition in England at Christmastime of people gathering by a fire late at night, long after all the children are safely tucked up in bed and then telling a ghost story.This is such a story to be read aloud to such a gathering and savoured by such a gathering especially if it is cold outside and there is snow in the air...

There is a tradition in England during the month of December of people gathering by a fire late at night, long after all the children are safely tucked up in bed, and then telling a ghost story. Usually Christmas Eve is the chosen time for such tales of the supernatural.this is such a tale to be read...

This short story is a departure from the other 'Tales of the Supernatural'. The others are intended for reading out aloud to a group by a cosy fire in an old house at Christmastime before you climb the creaking stairs to the cold guest room at the end of a long corridor where the nanny died and whose...

Clarrie England is not your typical heroine. She is not young, beautiful or successful. However, she possesses a rare form of empathy that draws people to her; and thus she becomes a heroine of a different kind: a fifty-one year old woman, more mouse than lion, who finds herself on the very edge of...

The plight of the Palestinians is well known. Most are confined to enclaves within Israel which are deprived of freedoms and rights that many of us take for granted. Ad Deirat is a real village suffering many real difficulties in order to survive. There really is a place above the village visited...

Just how many chasms how many divides can there be? There are so many things we do without realising the consequences and impact they may have on others. We all want to belong, but sometimes fear of failure can push us over the edge. And thus a revengeful spirit is born that wants...