Prepare to be introduced to tantalising tales of seismic skulduggery, fervent fairytalery and flagrant frootery, as a prile of pulchritudinous practitioners of the prestige (that’s three beautiful witches, to you) and their feline familiars put their world to rights with fantastical, folklorish results.
A Bustle in the Hedgerow
Jiggery Pokery Book 1
by Jack MacGregor
Genre: YA Paranormal Fantasy
Merry meet! Young witch Jinny Lane adopts a beautiful black cat named Jet Jupiter Splinters and so begins their adventures with fellow witches Miss Riz and Miss Lou. A local resident causes trouble in the neighbourhood and the 3 witches retaliate with the help of some faeries….
The Shadow Cutters
Jiggery Pokery Book 2
A journey is on the cards for Miss’ Jinny, Lou and Riz and off they go in a borrowed campervan. Along the way they collect a few more pets, lots of Tunnock’s Teacakes, a curse or 2 and some shadow cutters.
Both books are guaranteed to have you rolling with laughter!
Candy and Gore
And Other Spooky Short Stories
Brace yourself for eight stories of scary spectres (and for ghosts that try to be) written by a collection of authors who love all things paranormal…
Dreadmoor Hall by S L Saunders
The White Lady and the Headless Knight by Kram Rednip
The Long Way Home by Neil Pettifer
The Gallows Grave by Richard Tyndall
To B&B or not B&B by Kram Rednip
A Most Transparent Gentleman by Peach Berry
Paranormal Investigator by Lisa J Rivers
Too Much Candy and Gore by H L Wood
The Day of the Spider
by Keith Wood
Genre: Dark Historical Halloween Murder Fiction
‘The Day of the Spider’ is a sort of sequel to the debut novel, ‘One Day in May’ by the author, but can be equally read as a standalone work as it is very different, though still set in the 18th century.
The novel is primarily set in the heart of the Hambleton Hills of North Yorkshire, though it starts off in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire where the heroine (or should that be anti-heroine), Nellie Chapman, a sexually abused young woman from a traditional mining family feels she has to move a long way from her past life. She has no plans but to get away and live a life on her own terms, an uncommon practice for a woman in the 18th century.
Despite Nellie’s unlawful past, fate ensures that she seems to bear a charmed life. You may hate her or love her; it’s for you to judge and you’ll find plenty to entertain as you sit in judgement.
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As we all know by now, Brigadoon is a mythical, enchanted, Scottish village that appears for only one day every century.
That day was when Jack MacGregor’s parents took the leap, together with their new born son, and opted to relocate to an ‘earthlier’ environment, having the spectral pre knowledge that Jack would, one day, become an author of note (ish).
Were he to keep residence in the village there would not be a wide enough audience to read or even purchase his ramblings. That and the fact that there was no such thing as ‘television’ or ‘films’ or even bookshops in Brigadoon meant his literary career would have been somewhat stunted were he to stay.
Jack was therefore raised in a town in Lancashire, where he developed a strong Bolton accent and a fascination, via Pendle Hill, for witches… oh, and The Munsters and The Addams Family.
The move also allowed his parents to spend their leisure time holidaying in such glamorous locales as Blackpool, Fleetwood and Morecambe – places that they had heard word of only in ancient folklore, back in the old village. Places they could but dream of. If only they had known the reality.
Anyway, Jack’s education was undertaken in an old Salesian boys’ school, or college as it was then known, where he honed the gentlemanly skills of football, fencing, athletics, music, art and of course English language and literature. He took no heed when it came to mathematics, physics or Latin studies – he already knew they would be of little use to him in his future life. And he was correct!
(Excuse me for a moment please. After returning from her daily romp on the back field, our minx of a Springer Spaniel, Jinny (named after a character in Jack’s books) has just performed the most pungent poo known to, well, anybody or anything, right outside the office door, and guess who’s down for cleaning it up…)
Where was I? Apart from in the shit… so, in a nutshell (or nutcase) Jack took on many unsuitable roles after leaving college:
Lithographic printing, landscaping, butchering (no murder, mind), music repping, DJ (he invented The Headbangers Ball, which fizzled out when MTV nicked the name for their very own with no recompense to JM) working in a record shop or three, owning a record shop, working as a Placement Officer for the DHSS, then running two of the UK’s finest small music venues.
From nowhere (but allegedly, China) came a mystery ‘pandemic’ whilst Jack was working part time as a courier – he was now a ‘Key Worker’! Ha Ha and thrice Ha!
The peace and quiet that accompanied this outrageous farce finally gave Jack the time and head space he needed to put pen to paper (or one finger to keyboard) and commence work on the weird and weirder tales that had been rattling around for many a year.
He had planned much of this in the Lake District, in the Valley of the Golden Eagles, surrounded by a multitude of darling red squirrels and the odd faery, but when it came to finally ‘getting it all down’ Jack completely ignored everything he’d planned and free-formed anew.
The only inspiration was a tiny black cat that Jack’s partner had discovered sitting smack in the middle of the crossroads, outside their venue, one terribly stormy evening.
She brought him in and introduced him to their existing cat, Spike, who proceeded to boss him mercilessly until he became his slave. Still is!
That tiny black mouser was wittily christened ‘Jet’ and the tale of ‘Jet Splinters’ unfolded around him, without plan or forethought.
Two books were picked up and published almost immediately by Green Cat Books in the shire of Derby and the third has been a long time coming due to real life getting in the way.
Book 3 has definitely been birthed and should be on its way by 2026, but that’s been promised for simply ages… getting Book 1: ‘A Bustle In the Hedgerow’ and Book 2: ‘The Shadow Cutters’, under the banner of ‘Jiggery Pokery’, to TV or Film is a priority, hopefully before Jack MacGregor’s demise, because he’d like to watch them too … and that, my patient friends, brings you all up to date.
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Looks very exciting Do you write in a daily journal?
I don't Heather. I have to wait until I have the amount of time necessary to inhabit my characters' world (easier said than done) then report on what is occurring there. This can be a slow process but it's the only way to do it any justice.
Boy this giveaway peaks my interest would love to read books in print so I can review them
author new to me so really excited about trying author's works
They sound like fun reads, and love the covers.
These reads really peak my interest and intrigue me author is new to me so really excited about trying author's books 📚 especially in print so I can review them
I like everything about this - genre title and cover!
Thank you for the excerpt.
I am so loving the cover of this one and it sounds super good.
love this cover
This sounds like an entertaining read.
question for author- What message or feeling do you hope readers take away from your book?
There is no particular message Soha, other than be kind to animals and believe in magic.
Hopefully the reader will be left with a warm, cosy feeling and a few extra laughter lines.
This sounds like a great YA Paranormal Fantasy book. I like the cover.
What inspired this quirky title?
Hi Tracie - the series title or the book titles?
The book sounds very intriguing. Love the cover. Beautiful!
I have a granddaughter who might enjoy this.
The book sounds very interesting.
The cover art looks great. Sounds like a story I would enjoy reading.
Loving the cover
It looks like a good read.
I love the covers.
The books looks like they would be fun to read, especially the first one! The covers add to the overall appeal. :-)
I really like the witch on the cover. It's hard to read the font on the cover with the crow. The title blends into the flowers too much. It sounds like a great book and I'm looking forward to reading it.
I'm obsessed with this cover!! It's so awesome. I love all the details, including the plaid dress.
Looks like a fun read!
I love how colorful and interesting the book cover is, pretty sure my nephew would love this!
Looks like a fantastical read.
The book looks good.
This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.
The cover is fabulous! Thank you for the giveaway!
I like the cover.
"I absolutely loved A Bustle in the Hedgerow and can't wait to see what mischief Jinny and Jet get up to next!"
This sounds like a great book!