Brief Candles
by Aldous Huxley
This collection of Huxley's short stories includes After Fireworks, which is the length of a short novel and deals with the predicament of a ghostly female admirer who aspires to be the mistress of a famous writer who turns out to be an old man, at all costs. Three more stories are included, namely: Chawdron, The Rest Cure, and The Claxtons. This is a must-read for all Huxley fans.