The morgue is a Victorian update of a system established by Alfred the Great. It’s the place where certain deaths are resolved – those where the cause is unclear or is the result of some...

The Maestro spoke again. “When we are not, at what point do we become?” I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his...

He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific problem or research. His work excluded any consideration for the feelings...