A PORTABLE SHELTER

In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. Each passes the time by telling the baby stories, trying to pass on the lessons theyve learned: tales of circuses and stargazing, selkie fisher men and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons. But they must keep their storytelling a secret, as the yve agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. Ruth tells her stories when Liska is at work, to a background of shrieking seabirds/ Liska tells h...[Read more]