Visits, Prisons, Freedom and a Funny Little Hill

By L. Peter Jones

This is another volume of short stories from the author of Cracks, Doors, Windows and a Story-Telling Tree. 

These three new stories are moving, heart-warming and full of hope. They are beautifully written tales of exploration and understanding; of destruction, rebuilding and redemption.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rushmore Press LLC
• Release date: Nov 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781953223623

L. Peter Jones

Peter Jones grew up in North Wales, U.K., graduated at Sussex University with a BA and an MA in Northern European Renaissance Literature. His first work, Tisian Nerys, is in Welsh and second, in English, both written for children. Peter is currently a teacher and still enjoys it! Peter can get by in several languages.

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Visits, Prisons, Freedom and a Funny Little Hill

L. Peter Jones

ISBN 978-1-953223-64-7 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-953223-63-0 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-953223-62-3 (digital)

Copyright © 2020 by L. Peter Jones

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

Rushmore Press LLC

1 800 460 9188

www.rushmorepress.com

Printed in the United States of America

Dedication

This little book is dedicated to:

GF, whose steadfast loyalty and love for over 40 years boggles my mind.

My mother, who thought that anything

her children did, was ‘great’. Bless.

John, an accidental editor,

And also to the lovely owners of ‘Café Sixteen’,

Sydney Street, Brighton, where I have spent many

Sunday morning hours working on this

damn book…blame them!

Not so very long ago, in a great, northern industrial town, a rumour got about that God was coming to visit.

At first, no one could believe it. People thought the rumour was either just silly gossip, or some sort of gimmick, dreamt up by advertisers – the brigade that is forever after your money or your time. So, most people ignored the whole thing, and got on quietly with their lives, while the godly nevertheless bowed their heads.

The weeks rolled by and, unaccountably, the rumour spread, gathering