Already tired though it is only past ten in the morning, a long day ahead of him, considering his correspondence, responses and responsibilities, Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata bringing no

The hamlet may be called New Town, but it is dominated by old ideas, Master Witch Hunter John Placidus Thomase leader of the Pricks of Puritanical Piety Guild

He may be handy with a meat cleaver and the name of his day job may be based upon a pun melding his two interests, “Debutchery” the shop

They are best friends, outstanding in their field, though their personalities and approaches to life are very different, Betsy outspoken and direct, always asking questions, always “that person”

It is a small town, a safe town, the welcome sign outside Palacios in rural Argentina dubbing it “where nothing bad can happen,” the local diner a hangout

A hat stand adorned with scarf, top hat and requisite deerstalker, a small writing desk and many lit candles, on the mantelpiece, on the upright piano, on the

He is a genial, jovial and dapper host, with just a hint of the sinister, tall and slender Jonathan Laury lurking in the shadowy basement, red lit and

Fargo, North Dakota, “the friendliest city in North America,” so long as you fit narrow definitions of who is on who is welcome at the ball game and

The summer of 1986 and Penny and her friends have graduated high school, she preparing to leave for the city where she will start her law degree but

It is an outback town of barbed wired fences, shut-down mills and closed minds, electricity pylons stretching to the promise of a distant horizon which can never be