Certainty and Other Illusions – short stories of another kind

In Certainty and Other Illusions, Simon Cole turns from the philosophical mysteries of The White Cat Trilogy to a series of deeply human short stories that explore the fragile boundaries between truth, doubt, and self. From war-haunted salons to ghostly train journeys and quiet moral reckonings, these tales reveal a writer unafraid of silence, ambiguity, or the inner life. Lyrical, psychologically rich, and quietly unsettling, Certainty and Other Illusions is a masterful reflection on how the search for meaning—and the illusion of knowing—shape every story we tell ourselves.