<p>In <em>Diseases of the Teeth</em>, the fourth collection of short stories by World Fantasy Award nominated author Simon Kurt Unsworth, you will find pirates facing craft that are prepared to defend themselves, hills awash with rain and blood, phobias that walk and things abandoned and lost and angry. There is also a brand new story featuring &nbsp;Richard Nakata, the hero of his earlier collection, the critically acclaimed <em>Quiet Houses</em>.</p><p>Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the places of fragility and corruption.</p>