![]() ![]() James then seemingly did write an ending to the book - and published it to wide distribution. James famously claimed that Dickens spoke to him during a séance and chose him to write the ending to the British author's unfinished work, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. James, who lived in Brattleboro in the 1870s. The writing contest, first held a decade ago, pays homage to publisher, author and apparent con man T.P. They've buried and dug up fake UFOs, planted treasure in the woods, and hosted workshops to build musical instruments. Parker-Houghton and his wife, Cynthia, run the University of Brattleboro, a made-up institution that, for years, has put on free, whimsical activities based on local history. 4, mystery guy, like right out of a Dickens story." ![]() "He just wrote the piece and left," Rolf Parker-Houghton said. Six months later, the contest's organizers still don't know who this writer is. James' Write Like the Dickens" contest, which challenged locals to write a supernatural story in the style of Charles Dickens. His tale was stirring enough to be judged the winner of the eccentric "T.P. ![]() Last October, an older man with a straight nose, tan cap and bushy gray hair walked into Brattleboro's Brooks Memorial Library and penned a ghost story by hand. ![]()
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