A Mixed Foursome

The author respectfully offers these disparate short stories in the hope they will amuse the readers. A Christmas Barrel - A light-hearted tale set in the family brewery, Elgoods & Sons, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. The writer hopes the late Charles Dickens will forgive the gross liberties he had taken with his famous original. Homes for Bones - began life as a ghost story featuring the characters resident in Upper Gibbet who are well known to his readers. However, the main personage in the story took over, resulting in what can only be described as a humorous, if macabre, fantasy. The Lady in Waiting is a gentle mystery in three chapters. Dr Jim Wilson meets a beautiful phantom mourner in St Stephen’s church one night, resulting in him later being presented with a beautiful memento dating from times past. Time out - A paraplegic basketball Olympic competitor experiences an unfortunate glitch in time while participating in the parade of athletics prior to the Paris games.