Fifteen brilliant writers evoke uniquely haunted characters; from the waxwork maker in Victorian Whitechapel who receives help from a terrifying source, to the lawyer who once met two schoolboys on the beach, and finds them still there twenty five years later; from a doomed puppeteer performing his last show in a mysterious village to a little girl eternally waiting for a missing fire engine. What Haunts the Heart weaves together stories of lost love, regret, bad decisions, madness, secrets, obsession and redemption. Some people are haunted by what is in their own heads ... And some are...

What can Father Divine do when a nun confesses a disturbing secret?

Bill has always lived in his parent's basement. Nothing
odd about that... is there?

How can Eleanor bear watching her old love Paul, hidden as she is at the bottom of his garden?

How can Sarah's suddenly bottomless bag be full of bees?

What can forgotten gods do? Go clubbing obviously.

The stories in this book explore secrets, doomed relationships, and madness, inspired by the sad fate of the first Mrs...