Reviewed by Ian

An old woman, at last, comes to terms with and discards the unhappiness of her past, but oh! What a way to do it.

What a lovely, fascinating idea for a story line. There are places, however, where the narrative has a bit of a weakness, and (very topically for the last few days on the Guest book), it is in the shift of point of view (henceforth POV). At a couple of points, there is a shift to the plumber's POV, that breaks the spell you are trying to cast here Richard. It detracts from the way the story hangs together - it is relying on 'suspension of disbelief' so distractions should be a minimum. Another example of shift of POV is early on (or maybe it is author intrusion - Rob S can put me right) where the narrative voice says something about Bloggs having 'expired'. A little later, The main character goes off on a little muse about using the term 'expired' and a way of tying it back in without losing what you want to say would be to make the old dear's musing 'first person'

I see that this story has generated a lot of comment including someone not liking the toilet as the origin of the ghost(s), and substituting the rubbish bin.. Obviously we are all getting the idea of what parallel Richard was drawing. Anyway, it is an interesting story to read and everyone - get in there and read it.