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(Those discerning readers who have purchased The Twits Chronicles, Anthology #1 already possess this jewel, and can chuckle knowingly at their fellow Twits.)
Book One of The Twits Chronicles. The Adventure Begins!
Heigh-ho! Cyril Chippington-Smythe here. Perhaps you have heard the name bandied about at my good old club, Twits. The general opinion of me at the Club is that I am a scream. As Badger Binghampton put it, “The good lord put you on this earth to lighten the mood, Cyril and there is no occasion so bleak that you can't draw a laugh with one of your farcical attempts at coherent thought.” Very kind of him I'm sure, but I just say whatever pops into my head with no attempt to shape it beyond tossing a noun and a verb into the flow now and again.
No one was more surprised than I to learn that my mechanical valet, Bentley, has been recording my utterances and chronicling my adventures for years. He states that his records are more for purposes of legal defense than entertainment, but I showed them around to the fellows and they insisted that I have them published. I am told that their length qualifies them as “novellas”, which I always thought was a kind of pasta.
Bentley suggested that we place these stories in my voice to eliminate the rather dry flavour of his prose, so I descanted on the adventures he had recorded, jumping about the room and acting out the characters while Bentley typed. This first attempt, Twits in Love, recounts the gruesome events surrounding the toothy Alice Witherspoon’s attempt to wrestle me to the altar. By the time the dust had settled she had almost succeeded in destroying civilization as we know it, but I mustn’t give too much away. I hope you enjoy it. If, like me, reading makes your eyes red, simply have your valet read it aloud.
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The Twits Chronicles
Anthology No. 1
`When these chronicles began to pour in from the printer, I had the devil of a time keeping them in order. Bentley never misses a trick and he solved my problem by creating this anthology. It is now impossible for me to get the first three books out of order, although I am still capable of losing them altogether. Last week I managed to drop a stack of them down a well. Fortunately, there was no water in it (a common occurrence nowadays) and Bentley was able to retrieve them. I recommend that you read this anthology in a safe armchair, far from any holes or cracks in the Earth’s surface.
PS. Bentley has managed to locate two short stories that I had forgotten about. A lagniappe, if you will.
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The Twits Chronicles
Anthology No. 2
These Anthologies are deuced handy, I must say. They have a satisfying heft in the hand, and are frugal enough for even my impecunious cousin Binky to afford.
This one contains three of my adventures, dictated by me and chronicled by Bentley. If you find yourself rolling around the estate, bereft of company and hungry for entertainment, this little volume will put you right.
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About TOM
Born in Canton Ohio and raised in a box made out of ticky-tacky, Tom Alan Robbins spent his youth as a middle-aged character actor. He has appeared in nine Broadway shows, including The Lion King in which he created the role of Pumbaa. He recently received a Grammy nomination for the cast album of Little Shop of Horrors. He has maintained a parallel career as a writer, penning scripts for TV shows like Coach and writing plays, one of which (Muse) recently won the New Works of Merit Playwriting Competition.
The Twits Chronicles series is his first attempt at novel writing and it has been a pure joy. He hopes to keep creating adventures for Cyril and Bentley as long as there are readers who enjoy them.
You can listen to audio plays based on Twits in Love and Twits in Peril below, or click HERE for more info. The All-Star cast includes Michael Urie, Christian Borle, Mary Testa and a slew of Broadway luminaries. TWITS was originally produced and distributed by Dori Berinstein, Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network - the premier digital storytelling destination for everyone, everywhere who loves theatre and the performing arts.