'Urgh,' said Lucas, sitting up on a hard metal bed he didn't remember falling asleep on. 'Where are we?' 'Looks like a prison,' said...

‘Look what I found at the pond,' said Clara, running up to Lucas holding something bundled in a scarf. Fear gripped Lucas’ heart. Last...

‘Hullo, Mr Guthrie,' said Lucas as he passed the bakery, which was its usual colourful, friendly self again. 'Hnnhuur,' said Guthrie,...

'Er,' said Clara, looking at the rotting marrows and slimy turnips in the usually pristine greengrocers. 'Isn’t there anything fresh...

Remember all those super fun Topsy Turvy posts I shared a few weeks ago? Well, Robin Castle (www.robincastle.net) and I did a follow-up...

I'm head-down in edits for the next book in the series at the moment, and because I literally can't wait to share it with you, I thought...

This post did NOT appear as part of the original challenge, I wrote it when I used these challenge posts as a welcome gift for my...

*** Spoiler Alert *** This scene —or at least, a variation on this—is in the series. In fact, at the time of writing this post, I'm...

‘Oh, there you are,’ said Lucas, stepping into the snow-blanketed garden behind Mrs Jenkins’ house. ‘What are you doing out here?’...

Uh... Hello. Saffron here. I kinda have a problem with this prompt, so no little story I'm afraid. You see, technically Lucas is my MC...

‘Good grief,’ exclaimed Lucas, staring aghast at the, the thing Clara was leading along on a piece of string. ‘What is that?’ ‘This is...

You ever start something that seems like a really good idea, only to find it really isn't? Yeah. That's where I'm at with this. I made it...

‘Would you stop doing that?’ said Lucas peevishly, putting out flamed on the hem of his robe for the umpteenth time. ‘Sorry,’ said Clara...

Look, obviously I'm biased and think you should read this book. I love it - which is handy, as I've read it approximately eleventy...

Oh deary deary me. What can I say about Tommy? Well, not much, as it happens, because he kind of stole the show in books 2 and 3, and I...

‘Uh, Saffron?’ said Lucas, his voice disappearing into the hot, musty darkness. ‘Where are we?’ Guess. ‘That’s not fair,’ complained...

Clara Jenkins originally ended up in the story as a bit of romantic tension, and a source of conflict between Lucas and her brother...

Ah, Lucas. I had to start these with him, didn't I? Not that he appreciates it, of course. He really doesn't like the limelight, doesn't...

The more pedantic amongst you will be thinking that there are a lot of things in this world that my book is not. It's not a ten-tonne...

I spend a long time on that title, and there was literally no way to make it sound less bad. Of course, Lucas thinks the problem with...