Facts and Fantasies Volume 3: a Collection of Short Stories

Publisher Marketing: This is the third of four volumes of delightful tales, every one written and illustrated by the author himself. The stories vary in length. They also vary in the proportion of imagination and actuality. All were inspired by real people and events sharply recalled by Dr Cox as he reflected upon his past eighty years. If you enjoy these tales, you will enjoy the author's first full length novel Once Upon A Term published this year and available as a Kindle Edition. "You can't help getting older but you don't have to get old" - George Burns The four stories in this volume: 1. Deception and a deadly switch Three teachers invest in the business of a former colleague. Their unsecured loans and a faulty electrical switch lead to a tragedy and a police investigation. 2. A gorilla in the cupboard The bizarre tale of a gorilla in the cupboard of a school's music department. 3. Water of life What was one to do when even arsenic failed to solve the problem? The answer lay in a bottle in France. 4. What the eye does not see Ernest and Florence Broadbent encounter Janet and Geoffrey Walters at a resort in the Canary Islands. Florence and Geoffrey learn Spanish at the same evening class. Their meeting at the resort was no accident. Janet and Ernest had never met before but they have something in common that could prove disastrous.