Philip Ridley
The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According to news reports, the gangs are now wearing demon masks. But, one night, Jamie discovers the terrifying truth.
Last December 17-year-old Davey saw something that he can’t forget. Yesterday, 54-year-old Anita was forced to flee the flat she’d lived in all her adult life. They have never met. Yet both know, sooner or later, their paths will have to cross.
Desire torments a former cultist taking refuge at the home of a scantily clad woman whose husband is away.
A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. After his father tells him stories of vampires, he becomes convinced that the widow up the road is a vampire, and tries to find ways of discouraging his brother from seeing her.
Dermot is in love with Pearl and is going to meet her family for the first time. But not everyone lives in the same world as us..
A Boy runs through the streets with a present for Mr Beak. Along the way he meets a series of strange characters in a strange world where your previous memories are inexorably attracted to you.
