“Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”
— Henry David Thoreau

Jax, Shannon, Darius, and Penny are about to go on another adventure. And although they still have lots to figure out in terms of their futures, their friendship is stronger than ever, which is fortunate considering their enduring ability to get into trouble!
Bonus Magic will be released next month. It contains all of the short stories from this blog plus a 34k-word novella, Solving Magic.
I've also written a new 5k-word story from Galen's POV where he contemplates returning to Androva after two thousand years away.
A pre-order for the eBook (6th June 2025) will be on Amazon very soon, and I’ll update this post with a link when it’s available. The price will be £0.99/€0.99/$0.99.
Update ☺Amazon UK Bonus Magic
Amazon US Bonus Magic
There's a short description and extract below. Thank you very much for visiting my blog today, and if you decide to read Bonus Magic, I hope you enjoy it!
An island with a secret. One more adventure. In Solving Magic, Jax, Shannon, Darius, and Penny are on vacation when they discover a mysterious medieval spell. Can they figure out its purpose and live to tell the tale?Meanwhile, Galen has to decide if he wants to be a part of Androva's post-treaty future. His meeting with Jax's father doesn't go the way either of them expect. 

“I’mhungry,” said Jax.

“So amI,” said Shannon. “How about we walk to the diner and bring back some food? Wecould try the pizza this time. Darius?”

Dariusdidn’t take his eyes off the table, frustrated that he still couldn’t see apattern. “Hmm?” he said distractedly.

“Jax andI are going to get pizza.”

“Okay,”he said. “Sounds good.”

“Youknow, it might not be possible to solve it,” said Shannon. “Some jigsaws havetoo many missing pieces.”

“What?”said Darius. “What’s a jigsaw?”

Shannonlooked at Jax. He shook his head. “I don’t know what a jigsaw is either.”

“Oh.Well, it’s a puzzle. You have to remake a picture of something by puttingtogether lots of small pieces in the right order.”

She wentto the bookcase behind the table and scanned the shelves. Underneath a stack ofboard games, she found a single jigsaw box, creased with age. It had a seascapeon the front.

Sheshowed Jax and Darius. “See? One thousand pieces.”

Jax heldout a hand for the box. It rattled as Shannon handed it to him. When he removedthe lid and saw what was inside, his mouth fell open. “You’ve got to bekidding. They’re all blue. It would take forever.”

“That’skind of the point,” said Shannon. “It’s a challenge.”

“Nothanks,” he said. “I wouldn’t even attempt it with magic.”

Shannonrolled her eyes. “Clearly nothing worse could be said of any Terran activity.”