Twelve short stories explore the struggles of ordinary people against various forms of evil: poverty, ignorance, war, and others, as well as their triumphs over these challenges.
A series of short humorous stories about the world of Pirates, Ghosts, Zombies, Comedians ,Travel Agents, Aliens, a Snooty English Professor and the Grim Reaper - not to mention some zombies pretending to be actors.
'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other StoriesThe stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading.
