John Witherden: 14 books

Short Story This whimsical short story is wound around the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Florence and Herbert Hardcastle come from Yorkshire and have been married for over thirty years. It has always been Florence’s wish to see the Pavilion so when they go to Brighton for a short break, Herbert books...

Second book in the Brothers of the Sword series. Maggie Woods, a school teacher, encounters the realities of the new religious dictatorship. As an unmarried mother it is illegal to have a child and she has to make an Agreement with the Order of God’s Children to betray her father to ensure she does not lose her new born son.

We would all like a Genie especially when that brown Inland Revenue envelope arrives demanding an amount that seems monstrous in comparison to the miserable amount that we all seem to be earning. Arnold was no exception, as a Graphic Artist his earnings were definitely in line with the biblical concept...

Third book in the Brothers of the Sword series Brother Hugh is a senior accountant in the Holy Ministry of Justice and is insulated from the extremes of the new religious dictatorship until he is forced to witness the punishment meted out to a venal vicar by the sadistic Holy Department of Retribution. His...

  First book in the Brothers of the Sword series Harry Woods innocently starts working for the 800 year old Order of God's Children on the marketing of their crusade for a return to moral responsibility and strict discipline. But he discovers the evil beneath the cloak of their religious...

First Book in the Brothers of the Sword series - Harry Woods innocently starts working for the 800 year old Order of God's Children on the marketing of their crusade for a return to moral responsibility and strict discipline. But he discovers the evil beneath the cloak of their religious respectability...

Hell has its problems as well you know; especially the British division known as The Hades Corporation (UK) Plc., who according to Satan’s bean counters, are not supplying enough souls. So they sent a strongly worded memo to the divisional managing director Nicholas Beelzebub and his assistant...

A year ago the world had closed down on Michael. His well meaning relatives had persuaded him to become a voluntary patient at a private hospital for the mentally disturbed. The word voluntary wasn’t quite correct. The threat of being sectioned under the the 1983 Mental Health Act and the possibility...

It's a conundrum... without Evil you wouldn't need Good and vice versa. So when a rogue angel makes a deal with a devil against the wishes of BigB (Hades) and the Seraph (Heaven) it doesn't bode well for humanity let alone the rest of the Cosmos....

Little did Quentin know that when he pulled up outside Malum Grange on a September evening that he was in for a very long night that would frighten him as well as find him a unique love and change his outlook on life forever! “DON’T SHOOT!” He screamed and put his hands up in the air. The moon...

A strange love story! Richard Hooper is a middle aged man trapped in a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling job where the decisions are made by the computer and with nothing to look forward to for the rest of his life. He decides to buy a new car and instead of a conventional family estate he buys...

Hell has its problems as well you know! When Satan sends Oliver Gsyyvhng-Smythe to run a new project harvesting sould on earth, there is a distinct possibility that he has underestimated Oliver's ineptitude with disasterous but hilarious results.  

The Postmaster was quite insistent that Jamie should finish his postal round and that being DEAD was no excuse whatever the Union of Communication Workers said - A Postman's job wasn't just about delivering rectangular envelopes but by understanding the joy and sorrow that they could give as Jamie was about to find out!

The Reverend Philip Watkins had reached his limit. He was everything a vicar needed to be, strong, kind, helpful, love of other human beings and a belief in God. What could go wrong? After his training period in the East End of London he was given his first parish in an idyllic village in the middle...