Publisher's Synopsis
"Fat Lady's Songs"
An irascible vagrant toils at a mushroom farm to buy supplies for his artistic "projects." He discovers he has not been as forgettable as his nagging wife long ago predicted.
"Brighton Incidental"
The farcical outcome of being a well-meaning matchmaker in the lives of strangers.
"Crossing Lines"
Two random people on a train are nevertheless linked by coincidences that turn out to be life-affirming for them both.
"Madeleine Time"
A young, West End wardrobe assistant with a penchant for wearing historical costume appears to have left a baby on a bus--with amusing consequences.
"Finn"
An encounter with an angry swan and the eccentric owner of a canal boat sets a marginalised boy on the path to discovering a prodigious talent.
