The William Meikle Chapbook Collection Series by William Meikle

Ten Supernatural Short Stories giving a taster of who I am, what I do. Contents TOO MANY THE WORST SOUND PHANTOM PAYMENT THE FIRST SILKIE LUCIDITY THE WORLD OF ILLUSION JUST A PAR TO WIN BAIT AND SWITCH JACK AND THE CAT'S PAW TOTAL MENTAL QUALITY

Supernatural Short Stories giving a taster of who I am, what I do. Contents SANDY SAYS SO CAPTAIN'S LOG LACUNAE LEISURE THE QUEUE OVERHEARD HOTLINE UP AND DOWN THE FOOD CHAIN #SOLSTICE #DREAMS

Three Sigils and Totems stories - Stars and Sigils - The Nest - The Edinburgh Townhouse It’s a simple enough concept. There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some, those who suffer, some know better. They are drawn to the places where what ails them can be eased... moreThree Sigils and Totems stories - Stars and Sigils - The Nest - The Edinburgh Townhouse It’s a simple enough concept. There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some, those who suffer, some know better. They are drawn to the places where what ails them can be eased. If you have the will, the fortitude, you can peer into another life, where the dead are not gone, where you can see that they thrive and go on, in the dreams that stuff is made of. There it is in a nutshell. There are houses where people can go to get in touch with their dead loved ones. But this gives me lots of things to play with. To even get inside a room, you need a sigil; a tattoo or carving on your skin, and a totem, a memento of your loved one. Then there’s the fact that your loved one might be a parallel universe version rather than the one you actually know. And where do these houses come from? What’s behind the walls? How do they work? Why do they work? And who chooses the concierges who run them? Or fixes them when they don’t work? So I’ve got all that to play with, plus the fact that the houses can exist anywhere, at any time. They’re like lots of boxy, multi-faceted Tardis, spread across space time, places and situations into which I can hook in characters and stories. The mythos is growing in a set of 2 novels, 5 novellas and a dozen or so short stories so far. These three serve as a sample introduction. Welcome to the Sigils and Totems universe. less

A Lost World NoveletteProfessor Challenger is drawn to a high mountain valley in Montana in pursuit of a fabled Thunderbird. On arrival he finds a hidden world of wonders, many strange creatures. But the discovery is tempered by the fact that Challenger's party are not the first visitors to this place lost in time. Others have been there before -- some of them for a very long time.