The Party in Room Four (short story)

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The Party in Room Four
Main character(s):	Frank, Gavin
Featuring:	Iris Wildthyme, Panda
Key crew
Writer:	Simon Guerrier
Release details
Part of:	The Panda Book of Horror
Iris Wildthyme
← Previous	Just the Ticket
Next →	Party Kill Accelerator!

The Party in Room Four was the fourth story in The Panda Book of Horror anthology. It was written by Simon Guerrier.

Plot

After a restless night, Frank comes downstairs in the inn he's staying at, and Gavin, the owner of the inn, makes him breakfast. In the lounge, Frank thinks back to when he was a kid, when his friend Andy Lang had bought fake IDs so that they could drink at the inn.

Gavin gives Frank his breakfast, and Frank tells him that he was kept up all night by the party in room four, but Gavin says there weren't any guests staying in that room.

Frank leaves the inn, going on a walk over the hill, where he's ambushed by reporters, and he walks past them, ignoring them. He receives a phone call from his friend Jane, but he's distracted when he sees a double decker bus in a meadow, with what appears to be a marquee and tents erected around the bus.

Characters

• Frank
• Gavin
• Andy Lang
• Jane
• Iris Wildthyme
• Panda

References

• Frank looks for an issue of the Telegraph.
• There is a copy of Cold Comfort Farm in the Village Inn.
• There's a cartoon playing in the inn involving a skunk and a cat.
• Frank thinks that Iris had a Lancashire accent.
• The A303 is a motorway.

Notes

• Iris Wildthyme and Panda have little input in the story, being little more than extended cameos.

Continuity

• Iris Wildthyme and Panda are travelling in the Celestial Omnibus. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large, et al)