Nothing can possibly go wrong, think two cheating lovers on the night of an unexpected local disaster in Carlisle... What could spoil things for two brothers on a Spanish holiday? Or a vain actor performing at The Edinburgh Fringe? Or an anxious man waiting for his new bride at a register office? Or a couple of holidaymakers exploring a municipal botanical garden? But people in ordinary everyday situations find that things can go badly wrong in many of these three dozen short stories, ranging from the humorous to the macabre.