Books published by Celticfrog Publishing

Like Mushrooms blends the visual with the poetic image. Photos of mushrooms, mostly from the west coast of Canada are interspersed with poems about life and nature. Enjoy the juxtaposition of image and words.

The world is a big place, and it is getting bigger.After the fall of the Empire, the younger generation take up the call to bring peace and justice. From remote fishing villages, from the desert, to a crushed imperial city, they are going to learn that peace doesn''t come easily.

Kamloops Tales is a local anthology put together by Celticfrog Publishing and the Interior Author's Group. It has photograhy, poetry, memoir and fiction written by members of the IAG  

Nicolas and Cleo are twins who meet their uncle for the first time. From him, a bird expert, they learn about the Dodo. They build a full-size model out of paper mâché, but whould would think such an innocent object would have an enemy? The story becomes a 'whodunit'!

Louise Kennedy grew up in pioneer Alberta. She tells stories of her childhood life on the farm, berry picking, gardening, going to school. She starts in Plamondon, Alberta, then they move north to Breyat to build a new home.

Mines are dangerous, never more so than when greed outweighs all other concerns.When a series of events leads to the death of Georgia's fiance, she packs up and heads south. Behind her Jim and Leigh struggle with their own issues. Training cadets to be special officers in the north sounds good, but when a class gets off track, it could be deadly.Georgia can't escape the grief and anger the mine caused with Brad's death, and when she find echoes of that death in Peru, she sets her sights on making things right. Dangerous men don't want her to succeed.

Marilyn is at University studying social work while she goes to counselling. When her tuition goes to pay for her father's medical bills, she enters a singing contest.

War is coming, whoever rules the air will be unstoppable.When Cal boarded the Kestrel as First Mate after the Crown Prince asked her to build him an airship, she expected to learn command, as he'd insisted, but dangers at sea, then at home shatter her dream of drawing plans in a quiet studio. Instead she is thrust into politics at the highest level, enemies snap at her heels and some who she isn't sure if they are enemy or friend. Intrigue, betrayal, danger, none of that is going to stop Cal from giving her country the best airship in the world. All she needs to do is survive.

The 'Keeper of the Shell' is the story of Iona who lives alone on an island. She finds a shell beneath a mango tree. The shell transports her on travels to a magical world which take her under and then across the sea, in order to to save a lost Kingdom from the vile trolls. Through many hardships and adventures she finds new friends and discovers her rightful destiny.

The Heronmaster is the second collection of Alex McGilvery's stories. They include the title story; the tale of Leaper who grows from a tadpole to become a legend. Murder in the Woods is a noir style mystery with animals rather than people. Nick, a young wolf, is forced to seek out the answer to Bob the moose's disappearance. Sammy is a the story of a young man on a cruise with his new car, the elderly man he takes with him and a red balloon. Madison's Meteor tells the story of Frank Madison, a farmer outside of the town of Madison which has fallen on hard times with the closing of the plant - the main employer for the town. Frank finds a meteor one night and changes start in both him and the town.

She sets out to change the Kingdom. If the mage gets his way, Zeb will destroy it.

Petunia and Marilyn have only one year left of high school, together they may just survive.

Sparkles and Blood is a collection of four of my horror novellas, including a never before published story. Frost and Stone: Siobhan accidentally releases evil into the world. Now she must find the strength in herself to defeat it before the moon is new. The Thing in the Hall: Wolf arrives at Rolph's Hall to test himself against the Thing that invades and kills Rolph's men. Yet slaying the monstrous Thing may only be the beginning of his problem. Strange Carnivores: Something was eating the gators in the swamp. Bubba was going to help her get pictures of whatever it was. She didn't expect vampires or carnivorous frogs. Sparkles and Blood: Martin is a special effects guy. He's used to blood, but only when it's fake. Now something is hunting on the set of the newest smash vampire movie. It doesn't like the sun but it likes people just fine.

The Unenchanted Princess tells the tale of a princess born without an enchantement in a magic land where all royalty is surrounded by enchantment. Alexandra refuses to give in to her parents' schemes to find her an enchantment or marry her off to someone willing to overlook her lack. She runs away to escape, but soon learns she is at the heart of a struggle to control the Magic Lands. Together with the Frog Prince, a Prince Charming who is turned into a crow and a young woman from a land where magic is forbidden, she must learn how to defeat her enemy and dispel the last enchantment.

Princess Annuetta is bored, but then she's always bored. She lives a boring life in a boring Kingdom ruled by a boring... Oops, better not finish that or her father the King will be angry. What can he do with his Princess of Boring? Maybe the servant girl, Sally has an answer.

Eager to start fresh, Leigh accepts a teaching job in the remote northern community of Spruce Bay. The fading mining community is rife with abandoned homes that breed a class of listless alcoholics and violent gangs. Resentment and hopelessness fill the cold air. Nevertheless, Leigh loves the town and the kids in her classes.Just as she begins believing everything will work out, she has a second psychotic break from reality. And another teacher is murdered ... that same night.Leigh remembers harsh, evil whispers and an ax. Nothing more.As the body count rises, Leigh and her husband become the last line of defense against an evil force that wants to destroy the town.

The Frog Prince, Snow White, and Cinderella; everyone is familiar with these stories, but not the way they appear in this collection. What if the Frog Prince was really only a frog? Would it be so bad if Cinderalla stayed past midnight? Snow White is staying in the woods with the dwarves, but these aren't her grandmother's dwarves. Read these tales and more.

They've never gone on a quest. They've never done anything that wasn't in The Book. God appears in Paul's kitchen during breakfast and sends Paul on a quest. The quest begins by taking the first person he meets as his companion. Daniel comes by to trade for vegetable and begins a Tuesday that ends with them on the road away from their home with only a Page from Paul's Book to guide them. Paul and Daniel learn very quickly that the world is bigger and stranger than anything they'd known before. Only as they starting succeeding in their quest do the friends realize they are fighting an ancient and powerful evil. If they win, their world will never be the same. If they lose, all hope of love and beauty may be lost. Imagine that Adam and Eve not only refused to eat the forbidden fruit, but pestered God morning and night to tell them what to do so they would not displease God. Imagine they were given Books to follow so they would never anger God. Imagine if those Books were wrong.

Ten year old Justine has lived with the loss of her mother for two years. Even while she misses her Mom, she is discovering the gifts they share. When bullying at school makes Justine's life miserable she befriends a tree she calls Drasil. It fair that life causes so much pain for Justine, so her father is happy she has a new friend, even if it is a tree.Justine tells stories of visiting a land where peace if valued above everything else, and hospitality is the primary virtue. Her father listens to her stories and marvels at how she changes, even as he wonders if they are true or the fantasy of a lonely young girl. When the stories turn dark and dangerous he worries that she is being hurt even in her land of peace.He has no idea how much they both will be changed by the struggle between a people who believe in peace and those who trust in war.

Calliope is an artist who works for her explorer father recording what he brings back from his journeys in her sketchbooks. Then she has a chance to go along on a trip to capture a sea serpent.Life at sea isn't what she expected, boredom sends her exploring down to the engine room of the steamship Peregrine. Tragedy makes her assistant engineer. Pentam, her father's protege doesn't like her putting herself at risk, but this is just the beginning.When science and legend collide Cal is the one who must take up the challenge, even if it means risking her new found feelings for Pentam.

When age rules the country, it's hard being young.Trey runs away from the youth reserve sure he's nomore than spare parts for a father he barely remembers.The Council of Elders has its own questions abouthim. When Trey finds the Underground and joins thefight to give rights back to the Youngers, he starts achain of events beyond anyone's control.