In Medville Matters, C. E. Ayr pioneers a new genre of short story writing. These tales are thought-provoking and occasionally controversial, and each one has its very own "sting in the tail." The author draws heavily on life in his beloved Scotland, with vivid descriptions of events there, as well as his current home in the South of France, which is equally impressively depicted. He also covers such diverse subjects as lost love, infidelity, mermaids, murder and revenge. In short, this is a whole world inside a book cover.