Maxwell Grantly: 25 books

This short story explains the origins of two small elven brothers: Maxwell and Skippy. Find out about the tragic event that caused their parents to pass onto The Thousand and then how the young brothers found themselves in the care of the friendly Cardinal Snowfield, Bishop Delaney and Father...

Did you know that the Horse Chestnut tree holds a deep and wonderful secret? No? Well, nor did two small elves, Maxwell and Skippy, until they saw a special picture hanging on the wall of the church study and when Cardinal Snowfield told them of its background. This picture was to provide the inspiration...

In this book, Father Mosely takes two small adopted elves, Maxwell and Skippy, to the beach at New Brighton for the very first time. These two elven youngsters are cared for by Father Mosely, whose only vice is his addiction to gambling and horse racing. In this story, comical mishaps occur when the...

This book contains four short stories (in diary form) from the first few years of the lives of two elven brothers, Maxwell and Skippy. Find our what happened when they went racing at Kempton Park, what lay hidden inside the hollow branch, what gifts the two squirrels bought and what happened at the...

Jack lives and works on EM-05, a steampunk space station found on a major trade route between Earth and Mars. He spends his days tarring the insides of frigates and galleons, as they stop for repairs and supplies, on their way to the distant planets of the Solar System. There are very few other...

Jamie Summers works in the Great Yarmouth area as a mentalist, performing magic tricks and various mind routines with a psychological edge. To his friends he is simply known as Jamie but to his audiences he is known by his stage name: Doctor Logic. However, Jamie has a third and more sinister name:...

Have you ever met a dream thief? Edward Croydon (also known as “Fingers”) was abandoned by his uncaring parents and left on the streets of New Babbage. Fate forced him to work in order to survive, shining shoes and picking the pockets of rich passers-by. Finally, the kindness of one sympathetic...

Edward had a particularly hard upbringing. Despite being a young child, he had to work long hours in Mr. Grime’s dreadful cotton mill. It was a very hard life and, so very often, tragic accidents would occur within the exposed machinery. The other mill workers would tell tales of how the Shadow...

Sprocket (Robot Thirty-Seven) loves his work and he takes great pride in packing tin cans neatly into wooden crates. One day Sprocket catches a fleeting glance of a sparrow, perching outside on the factory windowsill, and he becomes entranced by the natural beauty of the tiny creature. He tries to...

This heart-wrenching tale is set in the fictional steampunk town of New Babbage: a world without electricity.  An elderly clockmaker and seller, Mr. McKenzie, constructs a mechanical shop assistant to help in his store, using the remains of a child’s stuffed toy bear and some miscellaneous...

Have you ever wondered how exciting a tortoise’s life is? What exciting things might a tortoise get up to, if it disappears behind a bag of potatoes in the garden shed?  George lived with his parents in a small cottage, miles away from anywhere. Since he was too young to go to school, he spent...