6 January

6 January 1994 was the date that Vice-Marshal Charles Dickinson discovered — on 31 December 1993 — that he was due to die of heart failure. He found his death seemingly pre-ordained in files secreted away in his retirement home. (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)

Mrs Johnson was plucked from an aircraft in flight on 6 January 1941 by the Celestial Toymaker to participate in his games. (PROSE: Divided Loyalties)