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Here’s another of my wilder whimsies, a.k.a. "What Should We Do with the Body?", in response to a prompt by The First Line—who (in more sober frame of mind) did not accept it for publication.  It’s been picked up instead by Cerasus Magazine, appropriately situated, as is the story, in England.

 

For those who enjoy whimsy involving Punk rockers, Paladian bridges, Polish chickens, an early Renaissance stiletto, and a stray cassowary (or, indeed, as an editor I once worked with once enthused, for “anyone with an interest in anything”), a paperback copy of Issue #11 can be purchased from Amazon, or the pdf can be downloaded here.

 

I’ve imagined that an ideal film version of this story would star the following:

John Gielgud as old retainer

Ken Stott (Rebus) as Digby

young Stephen Fry or Simon Callow as Aiken

Ian McShane (Lovejoy) or David Jason (Frost) as Man with Clipboard 2

Richard Briers or John Cleese as Lord Ashenden

Bill Nighy as Parson Q

Peter Vaughan as the Major General

But that's just further whimsy, of course . . .

 

 

 

Image:  Palladian Bridge, Prior Park, England