Graham Downs Fiction With Feeling

Do you believe in Guardian Angels?

Have you thanked your Guardian Angel today?

I never did...now I wish I had.

I now understand the hard work and difficult situations they face every day. That car that veered off course, the knife that slipped or even the close call when you nearly tumbled from a tree.

It wasn't good luck that saved you, it was me.

My name is Adam and I'm a guardian angel.

Explore Virdura, a world full of fantasy, magic, and drama.

Find out what happens when a dashing young farmer's son swoops a neighbouring daughter off her feet.

Meet Queen Tricia and the Royal Wizard Solon. Or Queen Celeste, her daughter, as she continues to struggle to come to terms with her new role as queen after the death of her mother.

Or read about Tobin the Bounty Hunter as he takes down Jarvis, a merciless criminal who brutally slit a blacksmith's throat.

All these stories and more await you in Tales From Virdura, a collection of flash fiction stories that take you deep into the world and the lives of the characters who inhabit it.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

A perfect introduction into the inner workings of the weird mind of Graham Downs, this collection of flash fiction paranormal stories contains The Thing in the Window, An Automatic Decision, Telepathic Link, The Witch of Wellington, and The Christmas Bird.

All have been newly edited and polished since publication on his website in 2014, and some with new endings.

Young Billy MacIntyre has always been a weird kid, always taking every little slight to heart.

One day, he decides to exact his revenge on all those simpletons who have done him wrong. And he does it by taking a book of Necromancy out of the library, and raising a zombie from the dead!

When James returns home from school after a rough game of Stingers, his mother is mortified when she sees the bruises on his arm and chest. She phones the school to try and put a stop to the cruel bullying of her son.

But her phone call only makes things worse, as the bullying escalates to levels that nobody imagined possible.

Lloyd believes he's found a relic from an old genocide, which could be worth a ton of money.

But the artefact is in the possession of Carla, who never lets it out of her sight.

Lloyd seeks the help of Robert, whom Carla is desperately in love with. Will Robert agree to use Carla's feelings for him to get information about the mysterious object?

When Marcus claims that his cow was stolen and brutally slaughtered by his neighbour, Queen Celeste agrees to hear the case personally. Although unheard of in Virdura, Celeste is desperate to prove herself to her subjects.

She orders the help of her wizard, Solon, to divine the truth for her. But Solon has a terrible secret. He is unable to perform magic, and he cannot afford to let the Queen find out why.