Hi everyone
I'm trying to find a short story that I heard about on this site on a page about imaginary friends. Here is the page:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImaginaryFriend
The story I'm trying to find is listed in the literature section of the article. Here is what the paragraph says:
'In the short story "Faithless Margaret", an old woman has an imaginary companion by that name who takes bus rides with her. Then the pair meet an old man who has an imaginary companion named Arthur. In the final scene the old man and woman ride the bus sullenly apart, angry and bereft — Margaret and Arthur apparently hit it off and now ride the bus together, abandoning their respective people.'
I can't find this story anywhere on the internet. I wondered if anyone might be able to help me on here since this is where I heard about it.
Many thanks for reading this.
Melissa 
Frank Barrett's "Faithless Margaret, a Christmas Story" appeared in Cassell's Family Magazine, Volume 27, Issue 313 in 1880. But I have yet to find text to confirm that this is the one.
Yeah I traveled to London to read this one but it's the wrong story ha ha. I'm not sure if the real one really exists.
Thanks for your help though
Mel
"Faithless Margaret" appeared in Wiggansnatch 21 in the late 1980s. I have a copy although I cannot lay hands on it at the moment. It was a literary magazine devoted to paganism and witchcraft, the creation of James Leland Moore, and it died with him.
edited 20th Dec '15 7:00:26 PM by CaptEquinox
I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. - Tolkien
If the OP is still around: I have found that copy of Wiggansnatch and have it right here. It was #18 (Feb. 1986), not #21. "Faithless Margaret" was written by Scott W. Peterson. The man Margaret met and deserted her companion for was called Charles Whitcomb.
Copies of Wiggansnatch occasionally turn up for sale, and a friend of the late Mr. Moore has a Facebook (ugh, I know) under the name LaughingOtterJLM. About a year ago he posted scans of the entire Wiggansnatch #1, so you might contact him that way. Good luck.
Edited by CaptEquinox on Dec 23rd 2019 at 10:56:53 AM
I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. - Tolkien
Sorry for the double post. I'm just getting used to forums!
edited 25th Jan '15 4:22:46 AM by ledwidgem