"Only Fate Is Written" is a compendium of 32 short stories by CB Barrie which challenge precepts, belief and expectation. These stories, parables and anecdotes are either counter-intuitiveorlogically inconsistent and, in that respect, thought provoking.Some are humorous, yet insightful. Some ask an unanswerable question, others will converge to an unforeseen and surprising outcome. Each title tends to be unpredictable and has a somewhat satisfying, and in some senses edifying, conclusion. In short, they are ideal entertainment for reflective readers looking to enrich their perspective on...

Peter Enfield doesn't believe in good fortune, as he say's, "all you have to do is sit in one place minding your own business and the world pisses on you" But even a cynic would have to admit that Peter's guardian angel is permanently on strike. Nothing he can do seems to change the endless stream of misfortune that besets him - his son's illness, his job insecurity, his ability to attract crises when he can least cope with them, all appears to be fate laughing at him. He is severely injured when his car gets side-swiped after which a major accident kills everyone in his family and leaves him...

This story parodies the illogical and wholly unreasonable aspects of the way the law works. How its quest for 'justice' often leads to injustice, and how its rigid and inflexible approach to 'due process' makes a mockery of fairness, and hands down bizarre judgements. The insistence that everything must be resolved in court under the public gaze, creates ridiculous situations that do nothing to dignify the rightness of the justice system. On the contrary, it shames it. Just such a story is that of Edmund Lincoln. It's the fourth time ram raiders have wrecked Edmund Lincoln's nationally famous...