Missing One's Coach: includes The Spectral Coach of Blackadon

by Anonymous, James Pollard (Illustrator), Duncan Robinson (Editor)

Considered to be one of the first published short stories in the 'alternative reality' genre, this is the tale of a 19th century man who, whilst waiting forhis coach, finds himself in the company of the Venerable Bede. It is understood thatthe first time this story has been republished since it was originally published.

38 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 27, 2016

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Stephen Bruce · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the earliest stories of time travel into the past, and perhaps the earliest in English literature. After stopping in and denigrating the sooty city of Newcastle, the narrator walks out into the countryside. He stops to take a break (or falls asleep?) and finds himself back in the eighth century. He meets the Venerable Bede and has a conversation with that distinguished monk in which they compare their two ages. Interesting discussion of the course of English history, the nature of technology and magic, the unstoppable course of reason, and its good and ill effects.