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243 pages Contents: Vampires in the lemon grove -- Reeling for the Empire -- The seagull army descends on Strong Beach -- Proving up -- The barn at the end of our term -- Dougbert Shackleton's rules for Antarctic tailgating -- The new veterans -- The graveless doll of Eric Mutis Summary: Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood