A collection of unsettling short stories from the author of The Way Inn. I liked how they began in quite ordinary, unassuming ways and gradually became weirder. There were two stories I skipped because I didn’t like the themes, but I liked the rest, although I didn’t really understand the last story. The best were the title story, which is set in one of those extremely quiet rooms but there is a noise, or is it one’s mind playing tricks?… and ‘A Private Square of Sky’. This one made the most impact on me and I thought it was worthy of the vintage ‘weird stories’ writers. It’s set in Barcelona where the sky above a particular apartment block appears to be completely different, looking into a far corner of the universe. I would recommend this book, just for the story alone!

Thank you to Salt Publishing for the review copy. The book is now available to buy.