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A collection of short stories including Dead on Time, a spooky story set in Norfolk about a clock that was cursed. Elizabeth the tale of unrequited love in the Far East and A Sojourn in Burgenland, this time, frustrated lust in the heart of Europe.
The Vicar describes the rapid destruction of a relationship that had remained dormant for half a century but once resumed led to a shattering discovery that doomed an old friendship back into obscurity once more.
After Classes is a snapshot of life as seen through the eyes of a college lad, far from home and with teenage melancholia as a neighbour, set in the uplifting ambience of a Liverpool department store canteen.
Finally, Four Doors Down is a metaphor for our time, of failing health and loneliness all around us, with death the only cure
ISBN : 978-1-83543-362-1
Published: 08/05/2025
Pages : 144
Size : 147x445
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
C. E. Carper was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire but brought up in Gloucestershire. After school he joined the Merchant Navy sailing to and from the Far East. On coming ashore he took a job in East Anglia before moving abroad, working for a multinational and in his spare time worked for HM government; four years in Vienna, Austria and seven years split between Moscow and Novosibirsk in Russia. On returning from Siberia he retired to live in the West Country, currently in Devon. His hobbies are hiking on Dartmoor, painting, and writing.