Into Slumber

A collection of short stories, satirical pieces and anecdotes, ranging from the dryly humorous to the somewhat serious; from fairly light to very dark; from the rather touching to the deeply distasteful. Whatever your literary leanings, you may be assured that there will be something in here to offend you.

To learn more about the inspiration behind these unexpectedly erudite pieces, visit the About the Author page.

Slip into this selection of sagacious short stories, sophisticated satires, sardonic soliloquies and other, less alliterative tales of unease, romance, fantasy, wistful longings, elusive dreams, and bittersweet memories.

• They Say These Woods Are Haunted A curious – some would say incredible – account of how a world fell into barbarism as a result of poor dietary decisions.
• Regal Splendour A moving description of what it was like to own and drive that most remarkable of vehicles, the Reliant Regal.
• Earnest Whisper The tale of a young man, an orphan, who knows nothing of either his father or his mother, and how he learns of his strange origins.
• Family Matters A woman returns to her childhood home after the death of her father, but while going through his papers she finds something rather disturbing.