The Oxford Set The old year ended, and the new year began, in a rather macabre way. It all started on Christmas morning when the Jones family gathered in the Old Vicarage, a large fifteenth-century house deep in the heart of the Glevumshire countryside. It has a reputation for being the most haunted building inContinue reading “The Communicative Bear”
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The Ghost Writer
The Oxford Set Children’s book illustrator Evelyn Ashbrook’s agent lived in a tall, brown-bricked, Georgian townhouse in the Londinium Borough of Crampdown. She was here to discover the fate of the book Nudge had commissioned her to illustrate, Little Grace and the Nasty Virus, and to hopefully finally meet the book’s illusive author, Nell Heep.Continue reading “The Ghost Writer”
The Black Dog of Waering
The Oxford Set Ambrose Perceville, 40th Earl of Waering, walked towards the foot of the tallest tower of his imposing Medieval castle and opened the door. In front of him was a spiral staircase, seemingly leading to nowhere. He stepped inside and closed the door. Ambrose was used to the climb. He did it whenContinue reading “The Black Dog of Waering”
The Ghost in the Village Hall
The Oxford Set It was a reasonably pleasant June evening, and some of the residents of the Waeringshire village of Kington gathered in the village hall for a unique question and answer session, with the candidates vying to be their next Member of Parliament. Harold Perceville, the Conservative candidate and current MP, was trying desperatelyContinue reading “The Ghost in the Village Hall”
The Haunting of the Old Vicarage
The Oxford Set Cressida and Duncan Jones lived in a Grade II listed former Victorian vicarage deep in the heart of rural Glevumshire, on the edge of the picturesque village of Sodom. Immaculate gardens surrounded the property, with a stream running through it. Beyond the perimeter, one could also see views of the neighboring countryside.Continue reading “The Haunting of the Old Vicarage”
The Forgotten Toy
The Oxford Set Ever since Dwight and Grace Jackson moved into their Grade II listed red bricked Georgian townhouse slap bang in the middle of the picturesque Kentish cathedral city of Cantwarebugh, they knew they needed to spruce up the rather overgrown garden round the back. A collection of brambles that had grown upwards toContinue reading “The Forgotten Toy”
A Time For Change
The Oxford Set The ground outside Perceville Hall was a sparkling silver, and it wasn’t just the weather that was frosty. ”That’s it, it’s time for a change of leadership,” Harold Perceville, Conservative MP for Chinewrde and Sucham, said after he discovered the results of the local council elections. ”I agree, sugah, this would neverContinue reading “A Time For Change”
Twixmas at the Castle
The Oxford Set United States Senator for Peach County Chuck Jackson never expected his daughter to marry into the English aristocracy, although he did plan to marry her off to Prince William as a backup, but that’s exactly what happened when Thelma Jackson went to Oxford to study politics and came across Harold Perceville, sonContinue reading “Twixmas at the Castle”
The Family Next Door
The Oxford Set It was a rainy, overcast December day in the trendy London borough of Splitafields, and Evelyn Ashbrook quietly sat at her desk in her candlelit study, working on her latest children’s book illustration. As she painted the walls of the brightly coloured house in her drawing, she heard sounds coming from theContinue reading “The Family Next Door”
Alice Jones and the Phantom Vessel
The Oxford Set It was an overcast day in the picturesque Cornish fishing village of Porthysek. The sky was grey, the rain pit-patted onto the slate roofs, and the sea gently rolled into the harbour. Not that that bothered Alice Jones, much. She actually enjoyed watching the moody coastal scenes outside her living room window,Continue reading “Alice Jones and the Phantom Vessel”
The Robinsonverse 