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Short Commons

Best Fantasy Stories. Edited by Brian W. Aldiss. (Faber, 16s.) Winter Tales 8. Edited by A. D. Maclean. (Macmillan, 25s.) Pick of Today's Short Stories. Edited by John Pudney.......

Night Sounds

Imitated from the Chinese The moonlight on my bed keeps me awake; Living alone now, aware of the voices of evening, A child weeping at nightmares, the faint love. cries of a......