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    A Pair of Shorts

    By Andrea Frazer

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    From the sublime to the ridiculous! This pairing of stories certainly seems to cover that statement, with a story set in Hades and steeped in sin, alongside one about the season of goodwill to all and general happiness. I like the contrast. I hope you do too.

    The Best Christmas Ever
    Christmas Eve has arrived and the whole world, it seems, is intent on doing the very last of the last-minute Christmas shopping.
    In some, the day brings out unexpected acts of kindness, where others are left unmoved.
    This story views the day through the eyes of a 'gentleman of the road', shuffling his way from an early morning rude awakening to a magical end as the day draws to a close.

    Miss Goody Two-Shoes and the Devil
    Tongue firmly in cheek, and sprinkling spilt salt over her left shoulder to ward off evil, Andrea Frazer takes us on a trip to Hell, where the daily grind (and groan) is about to be interrupted by a very rare event.

    A pebble plinks on the vast black glass dome that serves Hell and it's environs as a sky, a precursor that there is trouble in the earthly realm. The Devil is incensed as he realises that there is 'one without sin' abroad: a situation that calls for immediate action of the most radical kind, if he is to save that soul from purity and sully it with hellish deeds!

    LanguageEnglish
    Publishermanoirdecrapaud
    Release dateOct 18, 2013
    ISBN9781301988792
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    A Pair of Shorts
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    Andrea Frazer

    An ex-member of Mensa, Andrea Frazer is married, with four grown-up children, and lives in the Dordogne with her husband Tony and their seven cats. She has wanted to write since she first began to read at the age of five, but has been a little busy raising a family and working as a lecturer in Greek, and teaching music. Her interests include playing several instruments, reading, and choral singing.

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