My Lady Love, My Dove is a short, sharp, frightening story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. Here, Dahl, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. What starts as a mere game of cards between two couples is the basis for some shocking deceit... My Lady Love, My Dove is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You (1953) , which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others. It was also later published in Skin and Other Stories (1960) . Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), James and the Giant Peach (1961), Matilda (1988), and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often adapted into hit films, helping further the legacy of stories that continue to make millions of readers – young and old alike – shiver today.