Mannequin
There were twelve mannequins at Jeanne Veron’s: six of them were lunching, the others still paraded, goddess-like, till their turn...
Fiction
The Hidden Woman
The Pierrot-Eel, seated, casual, tapped the marble balusters with a dangling heel, revealing only its two satin slippers and a...
New Dresses
Helen pouted, and dragged over to the swing for comfort. She swung high, and thought Doctor Malcolm was a most...
Dial FM For Fun
Riki pulled the towel closer to cover the wide expanses of rosy flesh between the top and bottom of an...
Mothers in Fashionable Society
There’s a conventional belief that it’s horrible to grow old, because old age is ugly. As a result, a woman...
Skin
The gallery owner was pushing through the crowd towards Drioli. He was calm now, deadly serious, making a smile with...
THE FUR COAT
'Molly, darling, I’m afraid I don’t understand what you’re after. I mean, do you or do you not want a...
The Ladies’ Paradise
She had been stealing like this for the last year, ravaged by a furious, irresistible passion for dress. These fits...
The Jacket
He thought of Lydia and wondered what it was that had gone wrong. He had felt her drifting away from...
ANSCHLUSS
Even the little bathing cabins, set out in rows on the south side of the lake, were topped by swastika...
The Shoemaker And The Devil
When there was nothing left in the bottle Fyodor put the boots on the table and sank into thought. He...
A Pair Of Silk Stockings
The neighbours sometimes talked of certain 'better days' that little Mrs. Sommers had known before she had ever thought of...