Mothmen are usually found in the Nightslade forest on the edge of Snaggletown. Renowned for the excessive amount of time they spend on personal grooming, mothmen are impossibly vain, selfish to the core and have few redeeming qualities. “It’s all right for you,” she said to Arnold. “There seems to be no limit to the amount of preening you do. Don’t you ever …
Wragliths Hailing from the town of Spittlocke, Wragliths are practical jokers with no appreciation of boundaries. Beer is brewed with giggle juice and Dormouse surprise, a staple on the menu at Donovyn’s Inn. Don’t be tempted to try the confused honey cakes and never shake hands with a Wraglith. “Good evening,” said Donovyn shaking Beau’s …
So, you’ve carefully crafted your plot, nurtured your creation and developed a story. But what do you call your characters? Perhaps a name evolves along the way, but if not, where do you turn for inspiration? Sometimes luck strikes and a name appears out of the blue. In Beau Garnie & the Invisimin Mine, Beau’s …
“The Professor emitted a series of squeaks and six paws shot into the air, each little rat trying to reach the highest. Professor Rodoric tapped a small grey eared rat on the shoulder. He clapped his little paws together and rolled up a sleeve, whiskers trembling with excitement.
The grey eared rat plunged his paw into the liquid then removed it from the mixture shaking droplets back into the bowl. His paw had vanished.”
In the magical world of Calorean, hare racing is the favoured sport. The Calorean hare hurdles run annually with Gold Chalice day the highlight of the racing year. Beau Garnie is a skilled rider and competes regularly. But he is a member of the Argan tribe where hares are housed in communal stables, given numbers …
Jacqueline Beard Writer 