Strange stories

Some modern authors write stories about strange animals, violent human beings and bizarre events. One of the best writers of such stories was Angela Carter (1940 - 1992). In The Magic Toyshop (1967), the reader is never sure if Melanie, the teenage heroine, is going mad, dreaming or under the spell of her uncle's magic puppets. The book was made into a film.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain. 21st Century Edition, Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 53