title: A Matter of Circumstance and Celludrones: Dark Matters
author:  Claire Robyns 
description: Claire Robyns lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and twin boys. When Claire isn't thigh-deep in laundry, shopping, cooking and general crowd control, you'll find her head-and-heart-deep in the tangled lives of her characters. Visit Claire at her website www.clairerobyns.com or on twitter @clairerobyns
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  Miscellanea
  
  
  [PREFACE.](Miscellanea_split_001.html#filepos5990)
  
  
  [THE MYSTERY OF THE BLOODY HAND.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos10940)
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER I. A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S
  DAY.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos11051)  
    
  [CHAPTER II. THE TERRIBLE JUNE.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos25370)  
    
  [CHAPTER III. THE TIME OF TRIAL.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos32614)  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. DRIFTING TO THE END.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos41818)  
    
  [CHAPTER V. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS.](Miscellanea_split_002.html#filepos54763)
  
  
  [THE SMUT.](Miscellanea_split_003.html#filepos79520)
  
  [THE CRICK.](Miscellanea_split_004.html#filepos81685)
  
  [THE BROTHERS.](Miscellanea_split_005.html#filepos83971)
  
  [COUSIN PEREGRINE'S WONDER STORIES.](Miscellanea_split_006.html#filepos90204)
  
  [WAVES OF THE GREAT SOUTH SEAS.](Miscellanea_split_007.html#filepos113649)
  
  [COUSIN PEREGRINE'S TRAVELLER'S
  TALES.](Miscellanea_split_008.html#filepos134051)
  
  [THE PRINCES