Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear (short story)

Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear
Main character(s):	Iris Wildthyme
Featuring:	Panda
Main setting:	Samhain, 11 July 1999
Key crew
Writer:	Kara Dennison
Release details
Part of:	The Perennial Miss Wildthyme (anthology)
Format:	Short story
Iris Wildthyme
← Previous	Wildthyme and the Wolf
Next →	The Girl Who Went up in Smoke

Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear was the fourth story in the anthology The Perennial Miss Wildthyme.

Summary

Every year on her birthday, Dolores Smith sees a strange monster with a glowing eye watching her from the park opposite her house. On her tenth birthday, she wishes for a friend to come with her to confront the monster once and for all. What she gets is a stuffed and hung-over Panda.

As Panda attempts to get his wits about him, Dolores relates her past experiences with the strange creature.

Characters

• Iris Wildthyme
• Panda
• Dolores Smith

References

to be added

Notes

• The character of Dolores Smith was based on Dennison's late grandmother, Joan Dolores Smith Husson. She, too, was a ballerina, and her birthday was on July 11.

Continuity

• The Celestial Omnibus was destroyed in PROSE: A Grove Invisible.

External links

• Interview with writer Kara Dennison on Dolores Smith and the Birthday Bear