2749. A sad reunion © Bruce Goodman 9 June 2023

It is with considerable regret that I have to inform the Readers that some of the characters in earlier stories have since passed on. I suppose it is inevitable that some characters die of natural causes – especially given that there are two thousand seven hundred and forty-nine stories. And of course, they don’t all die of natural causes; some depart this world by way of accident. What reminded me was that Biddy of Story 668 organized a bus trip. It was to be a reunion of those involved in the five hundred stories from Story 501 to Story 1000. Of the thirty or so characters who accepted Biddy’s invitation, twenty-nine of them perished when the bus carrying them to the reunion banquet went over a bank and down a cliff. All I can say in the event of tragedies such as this is that there are plenty more where they came from. One has to express amazement that those twenty-nine perished characters survived so long at all. They were lucky to come out of their stories in the first place, what with murder and intrigue and the general propensity to die in the original tales. So I dedicate this yarn to their memory. They should be grateful that they were exterminated on a happy bus trip and not poisoned, or killed with the blade of a reckless machete. There is plenty of food left from the reunion that was cancelled. Perhaps you might like a slice of blueberry pie that I specially prepared? Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story