2860. Roman's legacy © Bruce Goodman 30 September 2023

Roman Blyth aspired to be a writer. He would write stories and poems and this and that. He didn’t seem to make much progress. In fact he worked at nights stacking shelves at his local supermarket. He would write during the day, but would often be so tired he would drop off mid-sentence. He was all for getting experience to write about. It didn’t have to be a big time experience, often just little things like watching children play hop-scotch or punting down the town’s canal. That is why he went to the fairground. And there it was! Genuine fortunes told by a genuine Romani fortune teller! “I’ll tell you,” said the dangling ear ringed fortune teller, “that you will become a great writer. One of the greatest of the century. But there’s a catch. You will become famous only after your death.” Roman went home on a high. For the next twenty years he wrote like billy-o. That was two hundred years ago. No one has ever heard of him. Contact Author Back to Index Next Story Previous Story