'The Tower' first appeared in A Haunt of Ghosts edited by Aidan Chambers, Bodley Head, 1987. 'The Kissing Game' first appeared in Love All edited by Aidan Chambers, Bodley Head, 1988. 'The Scientific Approach' first appeared in Rush Hour, Vol. Three, edited by Michael Cart, Delacorte Press, 2005. The short dialogues owe their inspiration to One Million Tiny Plays About Britain by Craig Taylor, Bloomsbury, 2009.
