Patrick Whittaker

• Jul-2022
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After having his spaceship wrecked by the dreaded finkumpoops, space pirate Captain Codswallop takes refuge on Earth and unwittingly brings three finkumpoops with him. The finkumpoops are small furry creatures called Fink, Um and Poop who as well as...

• Mar-2014
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The seaside town of Chadham prides itself on being sleepy. Until Maniac turns it into the murder capital of Britain.Detective Inspector Harry Nyman is the world's most reluctant policeman. He'd much rather be playing jazz than investigating crime. Un...

• Aug-2012
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The most original and unsettling horror story ever!Andrew was a perfectly normal boy... until his mother died. Now the only thing that keeps him sane is his imaginary friend, Weird Willy Whizzbang.Unfortunately, Andrew's father is determined to get r...

• Apr-2012
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Rhiannon was dead but it didn't last. Her husband has downloaded her mind into a computer-generated world where he is Lord and Master and she has no rights.For him, it's Heaven. For her, it's Hell.Danny Jasinski is a freelance computing genius on a m...

• Feb-2011
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He was a geek. She was beautiful and insane. When uber-nerd Orson falls in love with a mysterious woman he meets at a bus shelter, he sets off a chain of events that leads to such unlikely events as the stars going out and buses arriving on time.<...

• Feb-2010
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He has no choice but to die. How he dies is up to him. Verlaine is a vampire, the last of his kind. He knows that the people who killed his brethren are coming for him. Alienated and alone, he decides to bow out in a manner of his own choosing. It i...

• Nov-2009
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On an otherwise normal day in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is arrested by the secret police. Outraged by what he believes to be an injustice, his valet, the March Hare, sets out to free him. Along the way he attends a mad tea party, witnesses t...

This highly entertaining short story collection by the award-winning Patrick Whittaker is a superb blend of sci fi, reality and general weirdness, with guest appearances by Sherlock Holmes, Lewis Carroll and Orpheus....