The Doll's AlphabetDolls, sewing machines, tinned foods, mirrors, malfunctioning bodiesmany images recur in stories that are in turn child like and naive, grotesque and very dark. In Unstitching, a feminist revolution takes place. In Waxy, a factory worker fights to keep hold of her Man in a society where it is frowned upon to be Manless. In Agata's Machine, two schoolgirls conjure a Pierrot and an angel in a dank attic room. In Notes from a Spider, a half man, half