Tales From The World's Firesides

Step into the wild heart of Scotland, where mountains brood beneath cloud and mist, and lochs keep their secrets in their dark, still waters. Tales From The Land of the Brave gathers a rich collection of Scottish myths, legends, folktales, and fairy tales, stories once told by peat fire and candlelight to bind the generations, to warn, to wonder, and to remember. This new, revised and updated edition celebrates the fi erce and lyrical tradition of Scottish storytelling. Within its pages you'll fi nd proud warriors, bold heroines, selkies and kelpies, tricksters, ghosts, and otherworldly beings that drift between light and shadow. These are tales shaped by wind and wave, by moor and glen, and by the deep music of a people whose history and imagination have always been intertwined. Some tales are wild and tragic, others tender or quietly wise, but all are bright with the pulse of living myth. In these Scottish tales you may hear the world's oldest echoes, the shared heartbeat of story that crosses borders and centuries alike. Though each landscape has its own voice, the themes of courage, love, loss, and laughter remain the same, as old and enduring as the hills themselves. Tales From The Land of the Brave reminds us that storytelling is not just a pastime but a way of belonging. These are the stories that have carried Scotland's spirit through fire and frost, through memory and dream. So draw near, open the book, and listen well as the stag lifts its head, the wind rises through the heather, and the tales begin again

Step into the green heart of Ireland, where mist drifts over hills once walked by saints, and the air still hums with the music of myth. Tales From The Land of Saints & Scholars gathers together a vibrant collection of Irish folktales, fairy tales, myths, and legends, stories first told by firelight in cottages and crossroads, to teach, to enchant, and to remember. This new, revised and adapted fourth edition celebrates the brilliance and depth of Ireland's storytelling tradition. Within these pages you'll meet wise fools and fearless queens, poets and warriors, shapeshifters, spirits, and the bright, capricious folk of the Otherworld. These are tales steeped in landscape and language, shaped by laughter and loss, and bound by a timeless sense of wonder. Some are fierce, others tender, but all are alive with the rhythm of Ireland itself. In these Irish tales you can hear the shared song of humanity, the same longings, fears, and hopes that echo through every culture's oldest stories. Tales From The Land of Saints & Scholars reminds us that storytelling is both inheritance and an act of faith, a way of keeping memory bright in a darkening world. Open the book, and let the voices of Ireland speak once more across time and tide.

This collection, Cat Tails, collects a host of stories from around the world, all of them with one thing in common; they tell the story of cats and their many wonderful adventures. These collections are born out of my love of storytelling and I hope that you'll share my affection for traditional moggy tales, myths and legends.

Tales from the Caribbean is a vibrant, culturally rich collection of myths, legends, and folktales drawn from across the Caribbean's many islands and coastal traditions. Curated and carefully retold by a lifelong storyteller and writer of magical and speculative fiction, this book brings together voices from rainforests, mangroves, hills, and harbours-from Dominica to Jamaica, Haiti to Cuba, Trinidad to Saint Lucia. These stories reflect the region's layered heritage-Indigenous, African, European, and beyond-offering everything from trickster tales and ghost stories to creation myths and spiritual legends. With sensitivity and respect, the author reinterprets historical sources and oral traditions, adding cultural context while preserving the original voices wherever possible. More than a collection of folktales, Tales from the Caribbean is an act of cultural preservation and celebration-a way of remembering, resisting, and reconnecting with the magic, memory, and resilience woven through the Caribbean's storytelling legacy.