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From stories of travel, suspense, the macabre, wickedness and adventure, collected from different periods and places all over the world, Ruskin Bond now shifts his focus to an anthology that brings together stories that restore faith in the sheer goodness of human nature. Symbolizing the healing, therapeutic and rejuvenating effect that literature can have, these are stories that can be returned to again and again, over the years, bringing with them the warmth, hope and joie de vivre that is so important in everyday life. Wicked Stories This compilation by the master anthologist Ruskin Bond contains stories exhibiting the darker side of the human psyche. Twisted adventures, evil characters and dark deeds, from writers such as Ambrose Bierce, Saki and E.H.W Meyerstein, make this one of Ruskin Bond’s finest, and most fascinating, compilations. About the Author One of India’s finest and most popular storytellers, Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Flight of Pigeons, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award), Rain in the Mountains, Roads to Mussoorie, and A Little Night Music. He has also, over the years, expertly compiled and edited a number of anthologies.He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Delhi Government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012