18 short tales blurring fiction and reality. From a dragon's cave, through conception, birth and marriage to the realisation of one's own mortality. On the way, there will be trips to the seaside, foreign travel, repressed urges, space travel, heartbreak and joy, in which the reader will encounter Bonnie Prince Charlie, Dr Johnson, the Kings and Queens of England, and many more lesser known characters. No matter how improbable or unlikely the stories might seem, they are all authentic records of actual events.