MICHAEL GALLAGHER

1852. With the business of the Moonstone diamond finally laid to rest, Mr. Franklin Blake and his wife Rachel are now happily married, living in London, and blessed with a healthy baby daughter named Julia. Mr. Blake has taken his late fathers seat in Parliament, and his partys fortunes are on the risein fact they are about to overthrow the coalition government of the day.But then the inexplicable occurs. Miss Rachel and her elderly aunt are attacked in the street by a gang of feral children, whose only purpose, it seems, is to plant a photographic portrait of a young, rich Indian lad in the old ladys handbag.Enter the Blakes lawyers office boy, Octavius Guybetter known as Gooseberrywho once helped the family bring the mystery of the Moonstone to a close. Join Gooseberry, the fourteen-year-old Victorian boy detective, as he and his ragtag bunch of friends descend into Londons demi-monde and underworld to ferret out the truth, while spending as much of his employers money as they can along the way!Based on characters from Wilkie Collinss "The Moonstone". First published in 2014 as a weekly serialization on Goodreads.The time had come to own up to my past. Id been thinking about how best to present it, and it seemed to me that what was called for here was a judicious mixture of remorse, honesty, and diffidence.Though it shames me to say it, remorse, there was no swifter, slipperier pickpocket in all of London, honesty, thanwell, me, missyour humble servantOctavius Guy. Diffidence dispensed in a generous measure.Mrs. Blake burst out laughing.Please, Mrs. Blake, its true.Gooseberry, you really mustnt joke.Im not joking, miss.I dont believe it for a moment!Mr. Bruff gave a cautious lawyers cough that managed to get everyones attention. Hes telling the truth, he said quietly, and shot Mrs. Blake a meaningful look.But this is Gooseberry were talking about! Our Gooseberry! Hes no thief!If hes telling us the truth, then I think he should be made to prove it, said Mr. Blake, a mischievous grin breaking out on his face that even his thick, black beard couldnt hide. I propose a challenge. Gooseberry, come and try to pick my pocket!Please, sirI dont want to pick your pocket.But I insist, he said, stepping closer and closer till there was barely a foot between us. With everyone watching (save for the good Mr. Bruff, whose features plainly registered his disapproval), Mr. Blake leaned forward so that our noses were practically touching. On reflex, I found myself stumbling backwards, a move that Mr. Blake took as a sign of defeat.So much for the swiftest, slipperiest pickpocket in all of London, he laughed and, like a performer taking his curtain call, turned and bowed deeply to his wife.Franklin, look, she advised him, pointing her finger at me.Mr. Blake looked. His mouth dropped open. He stared, blinking in amazement, at the silver cigarette case in my hand.Cover photograph "The Cheap Fish of St. Giless" by John Thomson.Cover design by Negative Negative.Published by Seventh Rainbow Publishing, London.

Egypt, 1885. Theft and murder are afoot at an archaeological dig in the Valley of the Kings. Lizzie Blaylock, a young materializing medium of some renown, and her mentor, Miss Otis, thought they were there to vacation, especially as Lizzie has decided she wants nothing more to do with her powers. Her powers, however, have other things in mind.Powers like yours expect to be used! Who knows what will happen if you choose to ignore them?UK English editionCover photographs by Neithsabes, Marc Ryckaert, Daniel Csorfoly, Harris & Ewing, Inc, and whatsthatpictureCover design by Negative NegativePublished by Seventh Rainbow Publishing, London

Octavius Guy and the Case of the Quibbling Cleric. London, 1853. The well-heeled residents of Highbury have a problem: the Reverend Allaston Burr, the rector whos been foisted upon their congregation by an ancient yet legally-binding right known as an advowson. When a final appeal to Queen Victoriaas the head of the Church of Englandfails to remove him from his post, they turn to Gooseberry for help.Join fifteen-year-old Octavius and his ragtag bunch of friends as they investigate the detested cleric, only to discover that someone has a far more permanent form of removal in mind.

Christmas is coming, and yet surely Mr Crabbityes, he who rules over the petty cash at Mr Bruffs law practicecannot be so distracted by its approach that he fails to berate Gooseberry for presenting him with a water-stained receipt. Something is clearly amiss, and the Victorian boy detective vows to find out what.Join Octavius (AKA Gooseberry, AKA Octopus) and his ragtag bunch of friends as they investigate a shadowy spiritualist medium recently arrived from Massachusetts, only to discover that somebody desperately wants her dead.

Originally conceived as a blog to accompany Gallaghers Victorian novels, and freely available to read online, this guide provides a great introduction to the fascinating phenomenon of 19th Century spiritualism. If you cant tell your materializations from your Mumlers, or never realized just how physical ghost-grabbing could get, then this may well be the perfect book for you.

Murky Victorian London. Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Blaylock has done her best to fill her absconding mothers shoes, but her father is lazy and feckless, and her little sister is riddled with tuberculosis. When Lizzie has a fit at school, for which she is expelled, she and those around her slowly begin to realize that she may have special powerspowers to communicate with the dead.Please! Miss Otis wailed. Please! For the love of God, step back!And suddenly the man did. A murmur ran through the crowd.Did you see that?It looked like a hand!No, not just a hand: an arm. I saw a whole arm!A young girls arm!Yes! Reaching right out of her! Out through the poor girls chest!You mustnt touch her! Miss Otis screeched over the din. She is a bridge! She is a bridge and people will cross!A bridge? murmured Lady Caroline slowly. A bridge to the other side? Light dawned in the big womans eyes. Billy, she whispered as she clawed her way out of her seat. And even as she dropped to her knees, something small and grey and shadowy was already rising out of my chest to greet her.UK English editionCover photographs by Captain Console, Harris & Ewing, Inc, and whatsthatpictureCover design by Negative NegativePublished by Seventh Rainbow Publishing, London

Gooseberry, the fourteen-year-old Victorian boy detective, is having his fair share of problems. Not only must he juggle the task of being Mr Bruffs newly-appointed chief investigator with the unwanted responsibility of managing Londons entire criminal underclass, he also has to decide whether a drunken wretch of a manwho turns up on his doorstep claiming to be his fatheris who he says he is.But when the leading actress dies in mysterious circumstances on stage during a performance of The Duchess of Malfi at the Sadlers Wells Theatre, Gooseberry feels duty-bound to investigate. It is, after all, a great deal more exciting than the last case he was assigned to: the tracking down of a rich old ladys errant cat!Join Octavius (AKA Gooseberry, AKA Octopus) and his ragtag bunch of friends on their latest adventure, a revenge tragedy (of sorts) in (roughly - very roughly!) three acts.

THE ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES IS NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT BUT WILL BE REVEALED IN THIS EPISODIC QUEST FULL OF CLIFFHANGERS, ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY, GENETIC ENGINEERING AND ADVENTURE.Human life on a future earth is threatened with genetically engineered extinction and myths buried for millennia may yet prove to be humanitys only hopeAncient Secrets. Cyborgs acting like Godsmankinds last stand far in the future.Universe-wide, genetic farming weakens humanity and millions of other humanoid species.Jack, a cyborg with a vulnerable heart, rushes against time itself to free and lead the Souls drifting in The Sacks, an aimless purgatory, shot through with the pungent stench of death and formaldehyde, against the Overlords, Them.From his unique position as lead gene parser on the planet called Mirror, Jack leads a rebellion against Them, the Ones who harvest the universes genetic material only for Their benefit. His human heart informs his cyborg shell and brain making him uniquely capable of leading the Rebellion. Drudgery Will End but first Jack must descend into The Sacks, an alien-created hell of unimaginable pain and despair.Pulsating with heart-pounding action, mythological history, astonishing genetic discoveries, hidden prophecies, conspiracy, intrigue, terror and more, Jacks Freedom Episodic Series, The Whispering, an Alien Invasion & Cyborg Episodic Quest has been shopped around as the next big Hollywood movie franchise.Read Episode 1 Runes - Now

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