Make-Believe and Artifice

<p>Rose Biggin is a writer and performer based in London who has long been delighting readers 'in the know' with beautifully crafted stories. This her debut collection demonstrates why; as fine a mix of otherworldly fantasy and artful mysteries as any reader could wish for.</p><p></p><p>Featuring the author's best stories to date <em>Make-Believe and Artifice</em> showcases fifteen fictions drawn from the past decade each a diversion to savour.</p><p></p><p>Effervescent artful and joyfully mischievous Make Believe and Artifice dances with the reader at every page. Rose Biggin is a fabulous writer. </p><p><strong><em>- E.J. Swift </em></strong></p><p> </p><p>From her uncanny perspective into known worlds to her ability to fashion her own Rose is undeniably one of the most fascinating - most unabashedly creative - voices in literature today. </p><p><strong><em>- Jared Shurin in his Introduction</em></strong></p><p></p><p>Contents:</p><p><em>Introduction by Jared Shurin</em> </p><p>Chanticleer and the Peacock </p><p>The Gunman Who Came in from the Door </p><p>The Modjeska Waltz </p><p>A Map to Camelot </p><p>The Ghost of Cock Lane </p><p>The New Woman </p><p>Miss Scarlett </p><p>A Game Proposition </p><p>The Chandelier Bid (with Keir Cooper) </p><p>Golden Girl </p><p>The Tartest of Flavours </p><p>The Diamond Twenty Thousand Times </p><p> Bigger than the Ritz </p><p>Mrs Pepper's Ghost </p><p>Helen/Hermione </p><p>The Arousing Adventures of Gelato Parlour </p>