The first volume of a collection showcasing the retro works of Theo Hopcraft open with "Destin-Sur-Sarthe", and the tale of an English businessman who finds himself drawn by a strange compulsion while on a business trip to France. A compulsion that leads him to a long forgotten holiday destination of his youth and a village run by women in which he will discover his irrevocable and grisly fate in the Pensione run by the sinister Madame Allard and her beguiling but no less depraved niece.. The second of Mr Hopcraft's stories is "Infatuation" as we dive into the opulent and secretive world of 19th-century Paris amidst a backdrop of lavish soirées and candle-lit salons. Read on as your author takes you on a riveting exploration describing the hidden depths of passion and betrayal in the dark souls of two high-born women held for too long under the bondage of societal constraint... And what it means for certain men in their lives when that passion finally expresses itself. This is volume-one of "The Hopcraft Collection" and contains two homages reflecting Mr Hopcraft's reverence for the great writers of antiquity. In this case, Algernon Blackwood and Guy de Maupassant respectively. Theo Hopcraft is the author of "Forever Malign“ and "Let Sleeping Evils Lie".