The Wish List

Blasted into the afterlife after a bungled burglary, hoodlum Belch Brennan and rookie sidekick Meg Finn wonder whether they are destined for the fires of Hell or the flora and fauna of heaven. Spiralling upwards, Meg’s spectral trail, a colour-coded assessment of Earthly worth, is purple which marks her out for Purgatory, while Belch’s red trail – a comet of criminality – assigns him to The Other Place.

But Heaven is merciful. To top up her essential goodness, St Peter sends Meg back to Earth to make amends for her past failings. She must help the pensioner whose flat they broke into achieve his ‘Wish List’ before he dies. Hell – unsurprisingly – is mercenary. Trident a-sizzle, the Devil commands Belch back to earth. He must stop Meg being good so that he, The Cloven-Footed One, can claim her soul.

From kissing old sweethearts to confronting school bullies to catarrhal coughing over cliffs, The Wish List charts the riotous adventures and developing friendship of pensioner and poltergeist partner as both set out to right the wrongs of the past. Fabulously fiendish fun.