In perhaps the most magnificent of what he called his "strange stories," Aickman blurs the lines between memory, premonition, and the hallucinated life. Lene recalls a gothic dolls' house of her childhood and the way in which its uncanny inhabitants entered her dreams. Most chillingly, the geometries of the house didn't add up; there had to be a secret room inside. Years later, she comes across a life-size version.