Ghost Train
An Anthology of Past, Present and Future Short Stories
Published on 10. September 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
243 pages
978-1-85457-080-2 (ISBN)
Description
Who fired the bullet in the locked room? Who is the conductor on the train? Why is Holmes lecturing about upholstery? Can a person live on a diet of cheese and Mars bars? Why is the choir singing so disturbingly well? What should you do with a killer rabbit? Explore the possible and impossible worlds of Paul R Goddard in this compendium of short stories of the unsuspecting. Suspend your disbelief and let your imagination roam: from Sherlock Holmes to Santa Claus, from Pernod the detective to Randulph the Leprechaun, from the heroic Canadian troops in World War One to the fabled pleasure dome of Xanadu, read on....
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85457-080-2 (9781854570802)
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Professor Paul R Goddard has written ten textbooks, fourteen novels, an anthology of poetry and around 500 medical papers. During his medical career Paul won prizes for his medical publications including the Couch Award and the Twining Medal of the Royal College of Radiologists and the Barclay Prize from the British Institute of Radiology, 2002/2003. His fiction is intended to be mind expanding and provocative and covers broad subjects of good and evil, philosophy and science as well as fast and exciting action in fantasy and science fiction settings. It is suitable for all ages from 11 onwards. Paul is a Visiting Professor at the University of the West of England, leader of the Bristol band Dr Jazz, and enjoys painting in acrylics. He designs the covers of his own books and recently had three pieces of art on display at an exhibition in New York. He has recorded three number ones in the Amazon download of e-books worldwide rankings and two books that came in second. The number one hits were Reincarnation which reached the top spot in Financial thrillers (Amazon free downloads worldwide) keeping another of his books, The writing on the wall at number two, Oberon's Bane (Number 1 Celtic, English and Welsh Myths and Legends) and Parables from Parallel Places (Number 1 Poetry anthologies).