The Life and Times of a Graveyard Bear

'The Life and Times of a Graveyard Bear' is a short story by Tom North, author of 'Puttypaw'. A child's teddy bear sits against a stone in a graveyard.This is the story of his life: of the rain, the sun and the snow, the grieving family and the ever present rooks. Winner of the Spring 2008 JBWB short story competition. 'The Life and Times of a Graveyard Bear' is available for free...and always will be. If you enjoyed it please check out some of my other stories -… (more)

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Book Details

Language: English

Written in: 2011

Published: 2011-07-04

Word count: 7,683 words (≈ 31 minutes)

License: Public Domain

Tags: Graveyard, ageing, bereavement, family, death, life, teddy bear

Biography

Tom North lives in Oxford where he enjoys the refreshing and perpetual rain. He is in his mid-thirties. This, he has discovered, means that small white hairs grow out of his earlobes when he’s not looking. He spends a lot of time climbing rocks. He is the world’s worst snowboarder. Fact.

'Puttypaw', Tom's first novel, is nothing short of mesmerising. You really should read it! You can check out the large free sample on Smashwords (see links) and see for yourself.

Tom's second novel is in the pipeline and will emerge, blinking, sometime in 2012.