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February 25, 2013 By 2QT Publishing Leave a Comment

Magic Parcel: The Trilogy – Frank English

Magic Parcel Trilogy_Cover

Author: Frank English
Release Date: 31st January 2013
Format: Printed Papercase Slip Boxed Set – with three paperback titles
ISBN: 978-1-908098-79-5

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Dip into and out of the fabled land of Omni, if you dare. Follow and be part of the journeys of Jimmy Scoggins, intrepid nine year old adventurer, as he tries to deliver his magic uncle Reuben’s parcel, in a land of sorcery where good and evil struggle to be master. Find out how he gets there, how he falls into the clutches of the evil Lord of Seth, and is transported to the lands of Oompah the Toad kind. How does he handle he encounter with the Faceless Rider and how can he escape the onslaught of the whispering people in the foggy land of Four? You might be able to return, if Omni lets you. When it needs you, that world will bring you back. Beware!

Magic Parcel: The Awakening is the first step in a mind-blowing fantasy adventure which transports a bright, inquisitive little boy into a world where giants roam, where necromancers rule and where ordinary people do extraordinary things – are you one of those? Your second step can be taken in Magic Parcel: The Gathering Storm which takes adventure o a new level, preparing you for the trilogy’s jaw-dropping climax in Magic Parcel: A New Dawn.

Filed Under: Book Releases, Children / Teenager Tagged With: 2QT Publishing, Children / Teenager, Frank English, Magic Parcel A New Dawn, Magic Parcel The Awakening, Magic Parcel The Gathering Storm, Young adult

February 17, 2011 By Catherine Cousins 2 Comments

Future Generation – Frances Butcher

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How not to boil an egg

I would like to say ‘it’s just a phase’, but its not … I am a teenager, and I am totally incapable of boiling an egg without creating some supremely disgusting stink, making a total racket comparable with that of nuclear warfare or smearing boiling water all over my dad’s new cooker. That’s me … an incompetent teenager, good for nothing.

You might say I’m lazy, that I should be able to be independent at my age, and yes, I know, when you were my age, you had a job, you were earning money, baking cakes and sewing buttons onto coats. I’ve heard it all before and I know what you’re thinking: I’m an incompetent teenager, good for nothing.

The other day, I decided to brave an attempt at making myself a lavish breakfast… well, a boiled egg at least. So, I boil the kettle and carefully place my egg into the pan, and go and watch TV.

1 hour later, half way through some horrendously tedious daytime TV, a suspicious smell enters my nostrils and I shiver at the realisation that my egg is likely to be disappointingly blackened. Burnt.

I clumsily stagger to the kitchen on my Saturday-morning legs to be smothered in a fog of fumes and sure enough, the pan has boiled dry, the egg timer melted into a puddle of liquid plastic and my egg has sizzled to nothing more than an unidentifiable lump of I-don’t-know-what.

At this point, you probably want me to explain myself. Ok, I will, I’m an incompetent teenager, good for nothing. Besides, I was bought up by a mother who refused to allow her three year old children to paint, bake or undertake any activity which had the potential to damage her precious carpets. One exception to this rule was that we undertook regular outdoor water fights, however, I must emphasise that this was purely because it meant that we were going to be cleaner when we finished than we would be when we started. It is for this reason that I have had no experience of the more – let me say –  adventurous experiences in life and as a result have had no desire to attempt to acquire skills in the cookery department.

I have therefore come to the conclusion that I am better off being an incompetent teenager until it is no longer possible. You may not agree but, I forgive you, after all, you didn’t see the look on my mother’s face when she identified the cause of the rancid stench of a plastic and egg combo that clung to her deep pile carpets.

I think I’ll stick to cereal for my breakfast in future.


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February 15, 2011 By Catherine Cousins Leave a Comment

Future Generation – Meg Richards

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No – longer

She said she won’t set herself on fire for me no more.
I surrendered, to every word and whisper,
Triangles of empty promises,
Frozen in deceit,
Your liquid fire no-longer scolds,
For in your amour in once did mould,
Your shape’s now pathetic, lost and weak.
Your eyes no-longer bear a soul, no remains for me to seek – just a wasting freak.
Your shadow may have once defined the pathways of my thoughts, but I ask you this time my love,
No-longer, No more.

Addiction

Crusting embers let fall to the ash,
The dim glow,
A reminiscence of a once devouring heat,
Eyes drawn tight from slumber,
This fire offers a whispering murmur,
To those who seek comfort of a disconcerting nature.
Which chord strikes the note; desirable?
The myth of an unbreakable format?
While the tired facade of reality sobs,
Soundless – out of sight, out of mind.
And netherless we fail to realise,
This is the potent face we fear to ostracise,
Perhaps it’s not yet close enough to kin?
The empire’s treasure glitters from tainted mirrors,
Refracted from the dictator’s angle,
To convince the porns of the beauty brigade,
That the only light of the prism worth seeing is that which entices man.
Usually a sultry tinge of purple stains to create the mask.
In parallel with knowledge; if not correctly displayed, it is trapped within.
The beholder looks on with a doubtful eye – the media’s iris seeded the foreign body is not our own.
And will we set out to divert this jaded perception? Or lay on our backs for more.

Filed Under: Future Generation Tagged With: 2QT Publishing, Poetry, Short Stories, Teenagers, Young adult, Young Writers

April 20, 2010 By Catherine Cousins Leave a Comment

Magic Parcel – The Awakening

Magic Parcel 9780956236852Title: Magic Parcel – The Awakening
Author: Frank English
ISBN: 9780956236852
Release Date: 11th June 2010 – AVAILABLE NOW
RRP: £7.99

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A Fantasy Adventure suitable for 9 years and beyond. Its a first in two ways – its Frank’s first published title and its the first in a series of adventures to be released by this prolific writer.
‘Jimmy Scoggins is nine, and like most nine year olds, he is lively, inquisitive and sometimes a bit of a handful. Since his father’s death Jimmy has lacked that regular male influence a growing boy needs. His Uncle Reuben is a welcome help to Jimmy’s at times exasperated mother.
But uncle Reuben is much more than he appears and Jimmy has no idea the trouble, adventure and danger he is about to face when he volunteers to deliver the important Parcel to the local Post Office for his favourite uncle.
Tommy, Jimmy’s thirteen year old brother, knows. He knows just what the Parcel is, and as he races after his brother, he wonders if Jimmy will be able to handle the excitement and adventure. And if he can’t, will Tommy find Jimmy in time to help?…’

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Filed Under: Children / Teenager, Fiction (Inc Fantasy) Tagged With: Adventure, book release, Fantasy, Fantasy adventure, Fiction (Inc Fantasy), Frank English, Magic Parcel The Awakening, Young adult

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