Short Story Wednesday: "Summer Games" by L.C. Tyler

In this story the narrator, John Smith, is invited to a country house weekend by an old coworker who he can hardly remember, although he knows that he did not like him very much. The ex-coworker, William Kilvington, inherited a castle from his uncle and quit his job. The invitation mentions that there may be a corpse or two, so John assumes it will be a murder mystery game. Out of curiosity, John decides to go. The party will begin on Midsummer's Eve and he is instructed to tell no one that he is coming. John arrives via taxi, due to a delay in transportation, although all the other guests arrived via prearranged transportation. The guests are a mixed bag. Among them is a coworker who worked with them in their previous job, the builder who has been working on the castle, and one of Kilvington's cousins, who is contesting the will.There are complications, of course, and soon there is a dead body. The story was humorous and the ending was very unexpected. I liked the story a lot.First…