<p>TEN stories that with tongue firmly in cheek romp along the border of fact and<br />
fantasy dipping into crime, romance, wistful adventure, celebrity spookery and<br />
hospital spoofery.<br />
Each tale is self contained but inhabits the same half-woken dreamscape. Where a<br />
Tudor Queen with a fatal attraction brings slaughter to a country wedding; Oscar<br />
Wilde and Jim Morrison raise spirits in a Paris cemetery with a storming duet; Keef's<br />
pet puppy brings chaos to a Stones' concert during an escapade of sex, drugs and<br />
rock 'n' stroll; and a pill designed to perk up giant pandas is doing wonders for the<br />
love lives of folk festival fans.<br />
The trail continues with a stop off in London for a tour of Shakespeare's old haunts.<br />
Alas poor guide, they have been hijacked by musical hall turns. Then it's off to<br />
France to join in Reynard's retirement dream of busking, armed with a squeezebox<br />
and just one tune.<br />
An a la carte menu with a generous portion of humour and a sprinkling of parody.<br />
Those with a distaste for vain politicians, town planners, and profiteering hospital<br />
are also catered for.<br />
Ardent royalists, poetry purists, folkies with a finger in their ear, and local<br />
politicians who own white dinner jackets may find it unpalatable.<br />
Written by journalist Steve Chilton, the stories feature several locations in his<br />
native Midlands, including Coventry Cathedral and Kenilworth Castle.</p>
