David E. Cooper

A husband and a wife each decide to contract a hitman to kill the other - with unexpected results.

A fox-loving recluse has a fatal encounter with a man intent on shooting a fox. The tragi-comic fall-out from this leads to an unexpected ending.

A woman is attracted to a young artist who is sketching her. When he betrays her trust, she takes a shocking revenge.

An old and ill Buddhist monk is reunited with the dog that once saved his life.

An author staying in NW Scotland finds inspiration in an old man and his dog, each a victim of war.

After a traffic accident, a retired postal worker finds that he is able to speak only a private language that he had invented for himself.