Sentence examples for wicked stories from inspiring English sources

A treasure chest of wonderfully wicked stories from the late grand-dame of the modern English gothic.

(There are wicked stories of notices on my door saying "Only come in if you have broken something", which I utterly deny). Under the circumstances, I never ever suffered from writer's block.

(Indeed, two stories send characters to their fates in similar ways). The more successful stories of the collection come later, fully fleshed with gothic conceits reminiscent of Roald Dahl's wicked stories for adults.

All those smart editorships behind her, a little stooped with cancer, but the same wonderful smile, the curly hair, the fluttering lashes, the jokes, the wicked stories of news-paper chicanery.

In his two previous books, "Beware of God," a collection of wickedly funny if not just plain wicked stories, and "Foreskin's Lament," a memoir that torched the bridges to his strict Orthodox heritage, he's been relentlessly indicting the Hebrew God as a poor role model.

Matthew Macfadyen, the ruling Mr Darcy, was nervous, chunkier than on the screen, and bemused by the fuss about the film; Earl Spencer was clever, naughty and terrific company (he asked me to stay to lunch and told wicked stories about his cook); and Joseph Fiennes and I had a run-in.

A sophisticated novella and some wicked, merry stories set in the Caribbean basin and concerning the misunderstandings, misjudgments and missed connections between people separated by race, culture or anything else; the author's first book of fiction (he's a newspaper person).

The web has had its wicked way with stories, allowing tellers to mash up, mix up and generally mess around with formats and functions.

This time, over a glass of cider and a herby pea soup, we are regaled with scurrilous gossip and unrepeatable tales of intrigue by a wily old local with a smile as wicked as the stories he tells.

Every outdoor setting inspired wicked speculation about story lines and behind-the-scenes relationships.

Part wicked stepmother fairy story, part domestic drama, "The Front Room" sees an act of familial charity end in malicious retribution from beyond the grave.