Playful homage to The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling

The Demon doesn't know much about small towns in England. Neither have I  the foggiest notion of what an English idyll might be, but mindful of the gaps in my understanding of the Brits, I will proceed to take on the The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling.

Here's the original:

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey,

but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. 

Here's the Demonized version:

When Barney Fartbother mysteriously vanishes, the town of Padfoot hardly notices.

Sure, they will need a special election to fill his vacancy on parish council, but it seems

a piddling matter, at most. But soon, a series of very un-Padfootian occurrences,

horrifying incidents, verging on the occult rocks the village to its very core. Mysterious,

perplexing, unfathomable. What could be behind it all? Is it possible that a single vacancy

is the causal element in the unraveling of the once proud and unflappable town of Padfoot?

Is this proof that nature, as well as small towns, abhor a vacuumn? Or is it, once again, proof

that readers of this blog are too easily amused by the Demon's lame sense of humor?

  

'nuff said!

Playful homage to The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling