Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
15 short stories. Table of Contents
Random Acts of Optimism.................................................... 9
There's A Caf In This Story............................. ................. 26
The Memory Jar.................................................................. 31
Flashes of Entropy and Hope............................................. 38
Bog Body............................................................................ 46
Gods and Other People...................................................... 52
Meringue............................................................................. 60
Sad About the Plumber's Uncle................................... ..... 68
Last Tango with Dinosaurs................................................. 75
All that Thinking.................................................................. 82
Letter................................................................................... 88
Unwritten..............................................................................94
Truth and Silence.................................................................98
Without The Light Pollution We Can See The Stars......... 104
The Spaceman Has His Tea..............................................107
Synopsis
A librarian and an elderly person form a bond during lockdown. There are ghosts. There are problems with plumbers. There are dinosaurs on the Isle of Wight. There is a story written from the point of view of a letter. There are stars, meringues, memories in jars, a spaceman. Most of all, there are people, trying to cope with life and all its travails. At times tender and thought-provoking, by turns humorous and bleak, this cornucopia of tales is truly a pleasure to read.