A Portable Shelter

In their tiny, sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland, Liska and Ruth await the birth of their first child. They spend their time telling stories to the unborn baby, trying to pass on the lessons they've learned: tales of circuses and stargazing, selkie fishermen and domestic werewolves, child-eating witches and broken-toothed dragons. But each must keep their storytelling a secret from the other, as they've agreed to only ever tell the plain truth. Ruth tells her stories when Liska is at work, to a background of shrieking seabirds; Liska tells hers when Ruth is asleep, with the lighthouse sweeping its steady beam through the window. As their tales build and grow along with their child, Liska and Ruth realise that the truth lives in their stories, and they cannot hide from one another.

1. Cutting Teeth 2. The Keep 3. Ex- 4. The Perfect Wife 5. The Animals Went in Two by Two 6. Flinch 7. The Exact Sound of Grief 8. Stars, Witch, Bear 9. Cold Enough to Start Fires 10. The Mother of Giants 11. Small World 12. The Elephant Dance 13. The Ghost Club