Mr Paddy’s Portal Chapter 8

CHAPTER 8 A YORKSHIRE JOURNEY Pippa was getting more and more irritated as she stood in the Safeways queue in the city of York.  A stupid thing to do, she told herself, to get snared by such old anger.  The background music did nothing to help her temper. She disliked supermarkets and this one was…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL CHAPTER 7 MR TERRY TWOSHOES

CHAPTER 7 MR. TERRY TWOSHOES Mr. Terry Twoshoes lingered as long as he possibly could in the real estate office’s murky entrance opposite Mr. Paddy’s Bookshop.  He could not believe that Pippa had managed to slip past him. She did not seem to be in the bookshop now.  The sign on the door said ‘closed’…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL CHAPTER 6 CHANGING SCENES

CHAPTER 6 CHANGING SCENES Pippa’s former life was finished.  It had vanished overnight when she had inherited Mr. Paddy’s Bookshop and the Soft Toy Team.  Pippa was becoming increasingly aware of the bookshop’s special power to change anyone and everyone who visited it in whatever capacity. She now recognised that anything was possible just as…

Mr. Paddy’s Portal Chapter 5 BOOKS AND BEARS

CHAPTER 5 BOOKS AND BEARS King’s Cross Station was a mass of moving people.  Suddenly as her train’s platform number was displayed a solid mass moved towards the train.  Pippa had purchased an economy day return and amongst a group of purposeful people she felt better and more secure. She sank with relief into her…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL CHAPTER 4 A SACRED TRUST

CHAPTER 4 A SACRED TRUST David Toddhunter was not surprised to learn that Pippa Robbins was waiting in his outer office.  His coffee grew cold as he contemplated her presence and he pushed it away a trifle violently. It slopped into the saucer and onto his immaculate oak desk. David’s feeling that Pippa would come…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL CHAPTER 3 TALKING WITH TEDDY

CHAPTER 3 TALKING WITH TEDDY Pippa found it difficult to fall asleep. She was really in an amazing state as she tried to adjust to her exciting new circumstances. She was a working class girl from Australia, suddenly offered ownership of an old bookshop in central London. What was expected of her now? Beyond the…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL CHAPTER 2 BEN AND MERLE

CHAPTER 2 BEN AND MERLE As she approached the safety of her home Pippa slowed her pace. On her corner Pippa paused to talk to one of her newer London friends, Ben the Barrowman, who traded from his fruit barrow daily except Sundays. His barrow was painted a saucy green and it was always piled…

MR. PADDY’S PORTAL Chapter 1 MR. PADDY’S BOOKSHOP

CHAPTER 1 MR. PADDY’S BOOKSHOP In London it rains often. Mr. Paddy stood in the door of his old London bookshop, peering out into the gathering gloom of a typical London day. His eyes were bright and shining in the descending darkness, penetrating and almost stern. ‘She should have been here by now,’ he muttered…

Mr. Paddy’s Portal – Prologue

PROLOGUE Mr. Paddy stood just outside his famous Hong Kong antiques store watching the crowds eddy back and forward. Despite his careful positioning he was in great danger of being run over by the mob, so he retreated to his entranceway.  Wanchai, an exotic place on the edge of Hong Kong’s Central District, legendary home…

MR PADDY’S PORTAL

MR. PADDY’S PORTAL BY CHRISTINE HENDERSON Ph.D. All Rights Reserved Copyright © Dr. Cris Henderson 2010 THE SACRED OATH OF THE MYTH MAKER Once I took a sacred oath Deep in the heart of Atlantis As it broke up around me. Shards flying into the sky As I stood with those I love I promised…