# The Thing in the Forest (Storycuts)

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- Authors: [Antonia S. Byatt](https://www.bookquiver.com/a-s-byatt)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4812-836-5
- Published: 2011-11-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Leaves rustle underfoot in a dark wood: two little girls, extracted from their homes in wartime London, encounter something terrifying in a forest. Later when they meet as grown women, they realise the experience has coloured their lives. A dark tale about the nature of stories themselves. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was originally published in the collection Little Black Book of Stories .