The small hand: Adam Snow takes a wrong turn while returning home from a client late one eventing and stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiousity he decides to enter, only to be repelled when he feels the unmistakeable sensation of a small hand creeping onto his own. This is just the beginning of a series of odd experiences.

Dolly: The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the height of summer. At Lyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young cousins, Leonora and Edward are parked for the summer with their aunt and her cruel housekeeper. When spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present that she wants, affairs take a much darker turn.