Continuing on with this series of short stories by Faber, this week I’ve read two more during my lunch breaks at work.

Some brief thoughts on each:

Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall – This one was unexpectedly odd in the direction it moved, yet strangely compelling. I’m still not sure what to make of it. Not much to offer on this one – sorry!

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath – What an interesting little read. A young woman boards a train, unknowingly, to a place where she is to lose her soul. Her only saving grace is a demonstration of will. This is quite a short story, but the themes are deep, and if you consider what’s gone on off page – why would her parents book her a ticket on such a journey? What comes next after the great escape? – there’s a lot to turn over in your mind. Published for the first time in its original form. My first Plath! At long last!!