Books with author Frank English

“Enter the Darkling” is an enchanting mythical tale told in the rhyme and rhythm of verse. To enhance the telling there are beautiful and detailed illustrations which will thrill and magnify the reader’s imagination. The tale takes place in an ancient period of time when magic, monsters, spirits and mystical beings existed. It is a mystery that not many humans would ever hear of for it is a Fay or fairy legend about a much feared, tiny and very strange Fay creature with special abilities. The journey within is a tale of the before and after this “Darkling” was born, of betrayal and dangers faced, lessons learned, wisdom gathered and about this Darkling’s possession of unique powers that would possibly someday affect the Fay as well as human kind. It is a story that begs to be read aloud. One might ask why the author chose to write in verse. Amidst her “24/7” caregiving job at the time, it was not only a way to express herself creatively, but also to focus on something and relieve stress. The writing and drawing did not need a special room or workplace, could be put away at a moment’s notice and picked up again with ease. The choice was to work in a more complex form, one which engendered focus as with crossword puzzles or mathematical puzzles like sudoku. The story is written in verse chapters with a single line repeat at the chapter’s end. Each titled chapter has six stanzas with six lines of verse rhyming every two lines (aa, bb, cc); and each line’s non-classical meter is comprised of 15 syllables (stressed and unstressed). Her rather strict self imposed requirements are a reflection of the limitations she experienced in her personal life and became her way to transform them into a compelling, coherent story that would be intriguing and delightful to read. Two samples of the 15 syllable lines of six line stanzas: I. The Flight One midnight in a dark hollow crouched a wretched group of three Shivering but well sheltered beneath twisted roots of a tree, Threatened by growing despair with naught for warmth but each other— The larger figure hugged the smaller ones like any mother Unfolding glistening wings to spread over them for cover, And began to sing an ancient song of a dark moon lover. The Ballard was a song of old earth, of a long ago time Filled with great magic, dream worlds, and wizardry when mystic rhyme Could create, keep safe or hinder, move or change forms, free or bind; And she sang to an elfin melody enchanting the mind, So that the magical tale was envisioned, cares were forgot, And the enrapt listeners wondered on these things that were not.

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?…’

Here is the long awaited second instalment of the Magic Parcel adventures.This is a dilemma and no mistake! How is Jimmy to escape this one? Miriel helped him and his brother to escape when Seth caught them in their last adventure, but here’s no one to save Jimmy this time; except, perhaps, for … Ursula. She is determined that her new friend will not become a lost friend.She has shown flashes of her raw and unrefined power already, but how can she save Jimmy if she can’t find him or control it? What would happen if she unleashed her power in its full force now?Jimmy and Ursula are Otherworldlings, and not the only ones needing help in Omni. How would ordinary Omnians react to the emergence of a new and potentially more destructive threat not only to their stability but also to their very existence? Is the answer on Omni itself, or in some other place?

Jimmy has finally gotten himself into a situation from which there seems to be no escape. He has irritated and annoyed the wrong magician at the wrong time. Or has he? Surely he must get away from the prison that is Verdan?According to the powers for good, he has much work to do in drawing together the people of this wonderful world. He must escape, mustn’t he?To this point Jimmy has grown up beyond all recognition, through all his trials and adventures. He has encountered great characters, and has cemented unusual friendships in many dangerous situations, where older people might not have survived.Has the youngster’s charmed life finally lost its charm or dies he won through and achieve his destiny? How does he overcome the barrier that his age erects against his goal of becoming one of the most effective and powerful leaders Omni has ever seen?All these questions will be answered in this jaw-dropping climax to the stories of ‘The Magic Parcel’

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Published in 1886, the protagonist, Michael Henchard, is a haytrusser who one day gets so drunk that he auctions off his wife and child for five guineas to a sailor. When sober, he realizes his mistake and vows not to touch liquor. Over the years, his hard work pays off, he becomes rich and eventually even the mayor of Casterbridge. Eighteen years after being sold off, his wife returns, with a daughter who, she persuades Henchard to believe, is his. Meanwhile, Henchard quarrels with his assistant Farfrae who then proceeds to possess, piece by piece, everything that belonged to Henchard.

Jimmy has finally got himself into a situation from which there seems to be no escape. he has irritated and annoyed the wriong magician at the wrong time. or has he? Surely hemust get away from the prison that is Verdan. Jimmy has grown up beyond all recongition through all his trial and adventures of the Magic Parcel trilogy and in this the climax of the trilogy will Jimmy fulfil his destiny?