The Five Quarters

by Steve Duffy, Ian Rodwell

"Introduction"
"Mr Gliddon's Confession"
"The Penny Drops"
"Forever and a Day"
"Better Than One"
"Uneasy Lies the Head"
"Notes on the Stories" by Steve Duffy

Genres: Horror, Fiction

265 pages, Hardcover

First published September 28, 2001

About the author

Steve has written/coauthored seven collections of weird short stories. His latest collection, THESE AND OTHER MYSTERIES, was published by Sarob Press in 2024.

Steve's work also appears in a number of anthologies published in the UK and the US.

In 2016 he won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette 2015, with the story "Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage". He won the International Horror Guild's award for Best Short Story of the year 2000, and was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award in 2009, and again in 2012.

Visit Steve's Amazon Page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Duffy/e...

Reviews

[Canavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

✭✭✭½

“Mr. Gliddon’s Confession” ✭✭✭½
“The Penny Drops” (2000) ✭✭✭✭½
“Forever and a Day” ✭✭✭✭
“Better Than One” ✭✭✭
“Uneasy Lies the Head” ✭✭✭

All stories published 2001 unless otherwise indicated.

[Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

A series of ghost stories tied together by the Five Quarters, a group of middleaged Englishmen who get together quarterly for Adnams beer, scotch, companionship, and story telling. The stories are well written, with images that I can't get out of my head, like the Pier in The Penny Drops - I may never be able to look at a pier the same way again.