City of Stone

This is not my baby, says his mother, closing her arms and turning away. "We all feel that way at first, " lies the nurse, hiding her misgivings, "You'll feel differently once you get used to one another." City of Stone is a new collection of stories from F. L. Rose. Mostly dark, but not quite. The title story, City of Stone, takes us to 70s Albania, where a real estate agent falls in love with the last Princess of a doomed royal dynasty.
But is black-haired, pale-eyed Arjuna all she seems?Stepping from horror to humour in The Position, the new CEO of Heaven is set on staff downsizing and a firm hand with mankind. But his wife Mavis and her new friend Mary have a better idea. And in Valkyries, a German officer in the First World War tells his friend the story of how he was airlifted to Valhalla - but the experience turned out not to be quite as advertised in the Aryan press. If you enjoy understated horror with a dash of humour and everyday come-uppance, these stories are for you.