"Magick ain't pretty, it ain't stars and sparkles. Magick is dirty. It's rough. Raw. It's blood and guts and vomit. You hear me?" When Prime Lord Hark is found in a pool of his own blood on the steps of his halls, Tonmerion Hark finds his world not only turned upside down, but inside out. His father's last will and testament forces him west across the Iron Ocean, to the very brink of the Endless Land and all civilisation. They call it Wyoming. This is a story of murder and family. In the dusty frontier town of Fell Falls, there is no silverware, no servants, no plush velvet nor towering spires. Only dust, danger, and the railway. Tonmerion has only one friend to help him escape the torturous heat and unravel his father's murder. A faerie named Rhin. A twelve-inch tall outcast of his own kind. This is a story of blood and magick. But there are darker things at work in Fell Falls, and not just the railwraiths or the savages. Secrets lurk in Tonmerion's bloodline. Secrets that will redefine this young Hark. This is a story of the edge of the world. ---------- You can also now read the second book in the trilogy-Bloodmoon-at: https://www.wattpad.com/story/45459244-bloodmoon-scarlet-star-trilogy-2. The third and final book-Bloodfeud-is also now out and available from www.bengalley.com or all good bookstores.

Mini Musings I was getting a bit crowded, so here's number two! SciFi and Fantasy shorts still make up the lot! ...maybe one day I will venture back into the realms of reality. Until then!

When 16-year-old Mandy Glau returns to Earth after a six-year space expedition, she can't wait to get back to her normal teenage life. But she never could have foreseen what would transpire. Mandy's ship, holding her sisters and two hundred crew members sinks into the bottom of the Pacific. Mandy escapes, only to find that the Earth she knew is no more. It has been destroyed, and is now devoid of human life. Once proud cities now lie tattered in ruins, shells of their former selves. And a new diabolical species have taken residence in her former home. Mandy must now race against the clock, as he struggles to get her family and crew free from the sunken ship, the same ship that only has two weeks left of air supply. But a new evil is haunting her at every turn, determined to end humanity once and for all.

In a world of plague, the only one thing that people would want and need and wish for would be "ESCAPE". There's an escape, an escape into the minds.