Tales of the Scorpion is a collection of short stories and poems, each with a twist or sting in the tail.
Stories include Guido's Door, a disturbing story about a haunted prison; Queen of Swords, a tale about emotionally confused Tarot readers; Deborah's Diary, the secrets of a mass murderer; A Different Type of Service, one of several stories featuring passionate love triangles; Making an English Lady, fun and frolics at a mediaeval orgy; Learnin' the Family Business, the blooding of a young member of the Mafia set in 1920s' New York.


Thirteen stories and ten poems comprise this first anthology from Northants Writers' Ink, a writers' group from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.