Dream Town: & Other Stories

by Kevan Manwaring

In a sleepy town on the edge of the Cotswolds extraordinary things start to happen…One day Jacinta wakes up to discover the whole town fast asleep...A depressed middle-aged man goes for a walk in a local area known as 'The Heavens' and discovers it lives up to its name in more ways than one...A hiker stumbles upon a strange cult in a deep dark wood on the Welsh border...A soldier doing a runner from the internment camps at Dover experiences a transformative night at a legendary oak...Hitting the trail with his guitar and a bottle of Thunderbirds, a youth full of dreams of fame encounters a lady of dark enchantment in a Fairy knoll...A man is led by a raven-cloaked woman along a trail between the borders...A family move into their dream house on the edge of the Cotswolds and discover their new home has a remarkable history that does not want to stay in the past ...Welcome to Dream Town - on the border of the world you think you know ...

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2019

About the author

Kevan Manwaring is a prize-winning writer & lecturer in creative writing who lives on the ancient downs of Wiltshire. He is the author of over twenty books including The Windsmith Elegy series of Mythic Reality novels; Desiring Dragons, Oxfordshire Folk Tales, Northamptonshire Folk Tales, The Bardic Handbook, and Ballad Tales (ed.). He loves walking in other worlds, but sometimes he prefers to ride his Triumph motorbike.

Winner of the One Giant Write SF Novel Competition