A Christmas Carol Revisited

A Manhattan ghost story.Ebenezer Clinton Scrooge III presides over a vast media empire from his Manhattan headquarters. This Christmas Eve from the vantage of his boardroom eyrie he surveys the city and the restless flow of humanity below. It is a season he despises, a season when hope is rekindled only to be inevitably extinguished along with the gaudy festive lights.Yet this night he is a troubled soul. A face glimpsed in the bustling sidewalk crowds from the comfort of his chauffeur driven limousine has stirred old memories best left undisturbed. Could it possibly have been that of his old partner and adversary Jake Marley? Impossible! Jake is long since dead, drowned in an unfortunate ‘accident’ several Christmases past. How is it possible then that Jake Marley’s reflection stares back at him through the boardroom window?For media mogul Clinton Ebenezer Scrooge III this Christmas Eve will be unlike any other. He is about to embark on the most terrifying journey of his life. It is a journey in which he must confront a painful past before he can right terrible wrongs, before he can know redemption. A journey that leads to a place he left long ago, a place where hope abandoned a lost child forever. This night Scrooge will discover the past cannot be erased by power but is he prepared to pay the price demanded for his salvation?

About the Author

Phil Rowlands is a retired head teacher from Wales with a passion for writing. His first book, 'A Christmas Carol Revisited', was an adaptation of Charles Dickens classic ghost story 'A Christmas Carol'. The book was featured on BBC Radio Wales and received rave reviews. The story set in contemporary Manhattan was adapted by Phil for a staged reading performed by the Entertainment Committee of the City Bar Association of New York. The event was held in the City Bar Association Building Manhattan on the 19th December, 2012 and proved an unqualified success. Phil is also joint editor of, and contributor to Eto, a new bi-annual fiction magazine for Welsh Writers. Co-editors Ceri Shaw and Gaabriel Becket reside in Portland, Oregon. Phil also publishes a weekly blog designed to help aspiring writers at kindleauthors.blogspot.com Phil is currently writing 'Billy and the Pit of Shadows' a fantasy adventure for children of all ages.

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