The Rollickers and Other Stories
(1992)
The Rollickers brought havoc to a quiet English town. Then they disappeared. Joseph decides to find out why ― which leads to a very strange encounter.... In this collection of stories, everyone encounters something strange. The Jigbat tunnels up from beneath the Earth ― to confront a terrible giant. Mr Rumbustible faces the Dreepies that have persecuted Little Mudd. Oswald Loon meets the dreaded Challenger, and Miranda a witch-like woman of the sea. Thornton, Ern, Roxella and the Duchess search for and discover the Great Querne. And as for Panurk, well....
“A quite extraordinary book of short stories.”
“The pleasures of these stories are the pleasures of imagination and storytelling ― lots of playing with words, people and ideas.”
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