Burning Desire and Other Short Stories

BURNING DESIRE and other short stories. A mixture of Saki and Roald Dahl was the description by one reader of the author`s previous collection. But not for maiden aunts was another. Now here are 20 more short stories and skits: funny often scandalous and with a strong flavour of absurdity. So feelings become inflamed in Burning Desire entrance to the Pearly Gates has unexpected rewards a Wedding Toast contains startling revelations and how do you deal with that suspicious package you find in someone else`s car? A psychiatrist is mystified by his strange patient a head-teacher plans a remarkable way of getting rid of awful parents a catty dispute between neighbours gets increasingly irate a taxi driver discovers that he has a most unusual passenger a boy is torn between loving his teacher and loving her parrot a girl-friend dumps her boy-friend or does she? Many of these and other stories and skits come with the author`s speciality: a twist.