Diversity of Creatures

Collection of Kipling's Tales

A collection of Kipling's strangest tales with almost everyone accompanied by a linked poem.

As an SF fan I am of course delighted that the very first tale in the collection is science fiction "As Easy as A.B.C.", the sequel to his "With the Night Mail".

It also includes a depiction of hatred on the home front in "Mary Postgate" and contrasting humour in an extended revenge prank aimed at a whole town "The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat".

One exceedingly mad tale made no sense the first three times I read it but became much (but not entirely) clearer when I discovered that the key unwritten word was witchcraft. However, I will not give the title of that story so I don't entirely spoil it (Peter Dunn).