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Goldilocks & The Free Bears

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Once upon a time there were three bears, and much has been written about these unfortunate individuals throughout the years. For example, they say that Daddy Bear earned great acclaim riding the Wall of Death in a travelling flea circus, and that he met his wife while she was trying to raise funds for a marzipan exhibition in Budapest. None of these things are strictly true, for fact is often far stranger than fiction.

This story was first serialised in 2001/2002

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Death, Doom & Disaster

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I scanned the devastated scene and slowly, disbelievingly, I shook my head. "You don't fool me, Professor," I replied stubbornly. "This is Swansea, I'd recognise it anywhere."

This story was first serialised in 2005. Also includes the short stories Board Meeting, Dirty Doings at Featherstone Manor, Barry Buys a Broom, Made in Heaven and the previously unpublished Tall Story in a Short Glass.

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