Books in the Spiral Map of Time series

Continuing their adventures from The Time Dancer escapade, Esmarelda, George Drumm, and Sylvestor the cat have their hands (and paws) full with with unwelcoming Witches, shape-shifting Familiars, half-mad Magicians, and inquisitive New-Agers."The participants were like children to me, harmlessly playing at games they knew nothing about. I loved them and pitied them. Poor souls had no idea how many turns of the Spiral lay ahead before they would turn the corner to reclaim this world of magic they vaguely remember and deeply desire. They felt close to it in Piper Canyon, and indeed they were. Uncomfortably close."The coming of the Summer Solstice Harmony Convention to Piper Canyon has increased the leakage between parallel timelines, there below The Top of The World where Future meets Past, and our rational world turns into a world of magic. With Robyn and her belly dance troupe joining the Harmony Convention on one side, and time-traveling Gypsies Esmarelda and George Drumm approaching the mystical Goathorn Mountains on the other, Brooks, Minder of the Knot and the Loophole, must work valiantly to keep everyone where they belong and prevent Time from unraveling. Before he is done, he will expose the dark history of the five sisters of the Goathorns Coven, the recent transgressions of their transmogriphying Familiars, the secret lives of the Two Magicians, and his own deepest desires.

Can one really navigate the vast sea of Time? Celtic fiddler George Drumm is intrigued by symbols etched on the cairns of his remote Sumweir Isle home by ancient Wanderer tribes. The closed double spiral is said to depict the alternating timelines of two parallel worlds. When George learns that there are still Wanderer peoples crisscrossing the great continent, he sets out to find them and learn their secrets. Across the ocean, George soon finds the Wanderers and woos them with his music. He travels with one group after another, at last joining a Gypsy caravan far inland. When time-dancing Gypsy Esmarelda drops in on them from the Future, romance blossoms. But the couple is out of sync in Time. Esmarelda is on a mission to rescue her cat Audy, presumably stolen by her nemesis, Malcom the Master Seer. Her quest takes her, and then George, to the parallel, frighteningly un-magical Alternate World. But in the dusty town of Caliente, New Mexico, the lovers find a friend in Robyn, proprietor of The Lost Unicorn metaphysical shop. As Esmarelda and George leapfrog across the Spiral Map of Time in search of lost cats, missing satchels and each other, they share glimpses of their enchanted universe with Robyn, and confirm what she has always suspected: There is a world of Magic just the other side of our dreams.The Spiral Map of Time Trilogy details the romantic, magical adventures of the time-traveling Gypsy dancer Esmarelda, and her colorful crew. In Book 1 Esmarelda launches a search that takes her to the unresolved past and into the Alternate World where she is aided by Robyn at The Lost Unicorn gift shop. Esmarelda finds love along the way, but can she keep it? In Book 2 "The Two Magicians, from nowhere to forever" two Master Seers hold the key to colorful carpets that enable Robyn to dance across the Spiral Map of Time into the magical parallel world. This time, Esmarelda must come to Robyn's rescue. In Book 3 "The Ten Years: double or nothing" to be released in Spring 2020, both Past and Future catch up to Esmarelda. Fleeing the Goathorn Mountains after the Two Magicians escapade, she finds that her life has been turned upside-down. Across the Spiral, Robyn's universe is also shaken. The Lost Unicorn, must again serve as a way station between alternating worlds.Praise for The Time Dancer:A twisted, clever, spellbinding fairy tale for the 1990's. Gatuskin creates a vivid and bizarre universe, certain to satisfy the appetites of enthusiasts of such authors as Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. Tolkien. -- Michael Bush, Manhattan Theatre ClubGatuskin weaves a delightfully magical story which tricked me into thinking she was from another time, or maybe a Gypsy in a past life. I'll never look at my cats the same again. --Lisa Law, author, FLASHING ON THE SIXTIESAs a teacher of Belly Dance and its esoteric significance, I would highly recommend that my students read this magical tale. --Swari Hhan

Both History and Fate are catching up to Esmarelda and George Drumm, who have taken liberties with Time in order to stay together. Now, fleeing the Goathorn Mountains after their escapades with The Two Magicians, they find that their lives have been turned upside-down.Across the Spiral in Caliente, New Mexico, Robyn's universe is also shaken. Her metaphysical shop, The Lost Unicorn, is still serving as a way station between worlds, and the mammoth cottonwood tree in back has become an actual portal. Mr. Brooks, the Emissary, and others she thought she would never see again after last year's Harmony Convention debacle, resurface.At The Top Of The World, Weaver Oshi contemplates the tangled threads of Fate that have brought together more than one pair of Time-crossed lovers. When all of the Witches', Gypsies' and New Agers' magic has played out, where -- and when -- will everyone end up?Here is the passionate, mind-blowing, music-and-dance-filled resolution to the Time Dancer's conundrum.