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  • MachoPoni: A Prance with Death

    Lotus Rose

    (Spunk Goblin Press, March 27, 2009)
    It's "My Little Pony" ... BIZARRO style! A long time ago Poniworld was split in two. On one side of the Jagged Line is the Pastel Kingdom, a magical land of music, parties, and positivity. On the other side of the Jagged Line is the Dark Kingdom inhabited by an army of undead ponies. Every pastel poni knows never to cross the Jagged Line into the Dark Kingdom. For if a pastel poni crosses that line, its colorful skin and hair will fade to a lifeless gray. It will lose its passion for singing and dancing. It will become one of the undead ponies. But one pastel poni has no choice but to enter the Dark Kingdom. His name is Machoponi-the wildest, friendliest, purplest, and, of course, the most macho of all the ponies. He must travel through the Dark Kingdom in order to rescue Dust, the poni he loves, from the dark princess's castle. Along the way, he must use wit, creativity and his bouncy blue ball to survive the Village of the Cuddlebears (who have porcupine quills and are not very cuddly), the Valley of the Flutterfly Ponies (winged ponies who have forgotten how to fly and bounce on a giant trampoline), and the Territory of the Chill-Aid Man (a giant anthropomorphic pitcher of red liquid who has the desperate need to punch through walls). A twisted parody of My Little Pony, The Care Bears, and other '80s childhood staples.
  • The Kissing Bug

    Daniel Scott Buck

    Paperback (Spunk Goblin Press, Sept. 22, 2008)
    In the tradition of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, Tim Burton’s The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, and the eerie Victorian tales of Edward Gorey, comes a dark yet tender story for children and adults. During the dreary era of the first world war, on an old country farm, there exists a kingdom of the creepiest, nastiest, and strangest of bugs called kissing bugs . . . also known as assassin bugs. They are militant, paranoid insects that enjoy drinking blood from plump caterpillars, baby spiders, and even human lips and eyelids. All of them except for Kristopher, a bohemian among the kissing bugs, who only takes the blood of caterpillars to paint pictures of the woman he loves. The other bugs must never know that Kristopher is in love with a human woman, it is his most guarded secret, especially once they go to war with every creature who doesn’t follow the Kissing Bug Way. Featuring Leyenda the gossipy ladybug, Klondyke the fat greedy sycophant, Booty the batty old balloonist who makes her balloons out of the skins of caterpillars, and General Khevron the sadistic warmonger whose instruments of torture can force his enemies to confess to just about anything. The Kissing Bug is as bleak and disquieting as it is charming and whimsical. An allegorical tale that will likely endure for many generations to come.
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  • Hieronymus Jones and the Teacup Squid.: A YA coming of age romance fantasy novel, filled with magic, humour and tentacles.

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    language (Sleepy Goblin Press, Jan. 31, 2019)
    Hieronymus Jones was a strange boy, a hair past fifteen, tall and pale with jet black hair, dark brown eyes and a very peculiar kind of mind. If he was not the smartest thing on the planet, he was a very close second. He had secrets, dark and terrible, wonderful and pure. Secrets of hidden worlds with lost people, that were not entirely human. Most unusually, he held secrets... of magic.When Hieronymus Jones saw Gertrude Green for the first time, he sat up a little straighter in his seat. She was an odd girl with a smattering of freckles across her pale skin, impossibly red hair and perfect green eyes. She too had secrets. Together they would discover a connection to each other, far deeper than either could have imagined. Mysterious pendants, evil twisted mounds of monstrous flesh and school bullies are one thing, but when a small unimpressed squid makes a nest in Hieronymus's cup of tea, something clearly needs to be done. Honestly, this is TEA we are talking about, don't these creatures have any manners?The first book in a fantasy romance series, awash with bleeding edge technology, magic, humor and hideous tentacle laden, Lovecraftian nightmares, that are coming to kill the world... woot.
  • Hieronymus Jones and the Lemurian Concern.: The second book in the Hieronymus Jones YA fantasy romance series, filled with humor, magic and even more tentacles.

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    language (Sleepy Goblin Press, July 10, 2019)
    Hieronymus Jones and Gertrude Green, embark on their greatest adventure... since the last one.What do those glyphs carved into millennia old rock mean? What is the ancient mystery the island protects? Why must the hideous slime covered, viciously mutated, uproariously evil, tentacle covered monsters be sooooo obnoxious? Hiero and Gerty have always kept a part of themselves hidden, afraid the truth would drive others away but in a sea of secrets, can their most unusual friendship survive the things they dare not reveal? Hiero and Gerty will seek the answers to these questions and will also ask the most difficult question of all... Are we really just friends?Return to a world of wild magic, hidden creatures and high technology. Return to a world where not everyone is what they appear to be.
  • The Inklings: Children’s book about three “real” little creatures who make an amazing discovery. Picture books, kid’s books, bedtime story.

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    language (Sleepy Goblin Press, Sept. 13, 2018)
    Discover a world made of boxes and the Inklings that live within. Adorable furry little creatures who make an amazing discovery and, with help from their Grandmother, bring new wonder to their world.Join The Inklings as they try everything they can to make the seed they have found grow and blossom. Laugh with them as they sing and dance, play and ponder and get the help and wisdom they need from their cherished grandmother.The Inklings is a truly unique children's book with 32 pages of "real" characters that have been painstakingly created by artist Michael Palmer-Cryle. Each image is photographed in high definition on movie sets, so that when your child looks upon the pages of their book, they don't see drawn pictures, but are entranced by "real" creatures to spark the imagination and fall in love with.Written in whimsical rhyme and accompanied by lavish photographic illustrations.
  • The Inklings

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    Paperback (Sleepy Goblin Press, Sept. 14, 2018)
    Discover a world made of boxes and the Inklings that live within. Adorable furry little creatures who make an amazing discovery and, with help from their Grandmother, bring new wonder to their world. Join The Inklings as they try everything they can to make the seed they have found grow and blossom. Laugh with them as they sing and dance, play and ponder and get the help and wisdom they need from their cherished grandmother. The Inklings is a truly unique children's book with 32 pages of "real" characters that have been painstakingly created by artist Michael Palmer-Cryle. Each image is photographed in high definition on movie sets, so that when your child looks upon the pages of their book, they don't see drawn pictures, but are entranced by "real" creatures to spark the imagination and fall in love with.
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  • The Inklings

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    Hardcover (Sleepy Goblin Press, Sept. 14, 2018)
    Discover a world made of boxes and the Inklings that live within. Adorable furry little creatures who make an amazing discovery, and with help from their grandmother, bring new wonder to their world.The Inklings is a truly unique childrens book with 32 pages of "real " characters that have been painstakingly created by artist Michael Palmer-Cryle. Each image is Photographed in high definition on movie sets, so that when your child looks upon the pages of their book, they dont see drawn pictures, but are entranced by "real" creatures to spark the imagination and fall in love with.
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  • Hieronymus Jones and the Teacup Squid.: A YA coming of age romance fantasy novel, filled with magic, humour and tentacles.

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    (Sleepy Goblin Press, Feb. 1, 2019)
    Hieronymus Jones was a strange boy, a hair past fifteen, tall and pale with jet black hair, dark brown eyes and a very peculiar kind of mind. If he was not the smartest thing on the planet, he was a very close second. He had secrets, dark and terrible, wonderful and pure. Secrets of hidden worlds with lost people, that were not entirely human. Most unusually, he held secrets... of magic.When Hieronymus Jones saw Gertrude Green for the first time, he sat up a little straighter in his seat. She was an odd girl with a smattering of freckles across her pale skin, impossibly red hair and perfect green eyes. She too had secrets. Together they would discover a connection to each other, far deeper than either could have imagined. Mysterious pendants, evil twisted mounds of monstrous flesh and school bullies are one thing, but when a small unimpressed squid makes a nest in Hieronymus's cup of tea, something clearly needs to be done. Honestly, this is TEA we are talking about, don't these creatures have any manners?The first book in a fantasy romance series, awash with bleeding edge technology, magic, humor and hideous tentacle laden, Lovecraftian nightmares, that are coming to kill the world... woot.
  • Hieronymus Jones and the Lemurian Concern.: The second book in the Hieronymus Jones YA fantasy romance series, filled with humor, magic and even more tentacles.

    Michael Palmer-Cryle

    (Sleepy Goblin Press, July 11, 2019)
    Hieronymus Jones and Gertrude Green, embark on their greatest adventure... since the last one.What do those glyphs carved into millennia old rock mean? What is the ancient mystery the island protects? Why must the hideous slime covered, viciously mutated, uproariously evil, tentacle covered monsters be sooooo obnoxious? Hiero and Gerty have always kept a part of themselves hidden, afraid the truth would drive others away but in a sea of secrets, can their most unusual friendship survive the things they dare not reveal? Hiero and Gerty will seek the answers to these questions and will also ask the most difficult question of all... Are we really just friends?Return to a world of wild magic, hidden creatures and high technology. Return to a world where not everyone is what they appear to be.