Stopping for a Spell: Three Fantasies

Diana Wynne Jones. Greenwillow Books, $15.99 (132pp) ISBN 978-0-06-056205-2

Troublesome houseguests overstay their welcome in Stopping for a Spell (1993) by Diana Wynne Jones, including an unruly armchair in ""Chair Person,"" monstrous matriarchs in ""The Four Grannies"" and a rude old friend in ""Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?"" Of the original, PW noted, ""These three stories brim with the wry takes on everyday situations that have made Jones's novels so howlingly funny.""

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