The House Of Illusionists

<p>A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and deepest desires. Sinister clowns run a candy shop on an idyllic resort island. A pair of neuroscientists fall in love amidst their quest to map the human mind. A woman is haunted by a starving ghost and professors of magic do their best to keep students safe during a time of terrible war. In her debut collection Vanessa Fogg spins fantastical tales set in worlds both close and distant from our own exploring relationships love passion and connection across space and time. </p>