Chapter Thirteen: The Electric Kid
Synopsis: The Willow man tells his story as the gang hitch a ride to Butterworth farm.  
Author's Note: Sorry it's been so long since my last update. I've been trying to get organised for Christmas.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free ~ Vegephobia ~ Lunar City ~ Speaking in Tongues ~ Fairy Hunting ~ Cats and Dogs

Chapter Twelve: Cats and Dogs
Synopsis: Llew and Crisp are attacked by a gang of bruisers.
 Author's Note: Okay, so this is the chapter where I get in trouble with YA publishers for violence and obsenities. So cover your eyes and ears if this is likely to offend you. To be honest you've probably heard worse on the streets.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free ~ Vegephobia ~ Lunar City ~ Speaking in Tongues ~ Fairy Hunting

Chapter Eleven: Fairy Hunting
Synopsis: Llew and Crisp patch up their friendship.
 Author's Note: Odie's hobbie is partly-based on my own childhood interest in Cryptozoology: the study of creatures whose existence is uncertain, like the Loch Ness monster or the Abominable Snowman.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free ~ Vegephobia ~ Lunar City ~ Speaking in Tongues ~

Chapter Ten: Speaking in Tongues
Synopsis: Llew is molested by a ravenous goth girl.
 Author's Note: It's no lie that you will find some very wild and sexually aggressive women at SF conventions.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free ~ Vegephobia ~ Lunar City
 

Chapter Nine: Lunar City
Synopsis: Llew, Crisp and Odie visit a science fiction convention. 
Author's Note: Yes, I have attended SF events myself. I too am 'Glad to be Sad'.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free ~ Vegephobia

Chapter Eight: Vegephobia
Synopsis: Llew reflects on his friend Crisp's unusual fear of vegetables.  
Author's Note: Crisp's phobia was based on my own best friend's phobia of mushrooms. She gets freaked out by their gills.  

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~ Get One Free

 Chapter Seven: Get One Free
Synopsis: Llew finds a small girl lost in the supermarket. 
Author's Note: Well, here's the chapter where we meet Odie who tends to be most readers' favourite character. Hopefully the story gets a little more tense and interesting at this stage.

~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~ Halfway House ~ The Black Cave ~

Chapter Five: Halfway House
Synopsis: Llew remembers the Lost Metropolis and phones his sister, Frances. 
Author's Note: Yup, this is definitely reminding me of the way I was as a teenager; full of artsy pretentions and wanting to sound hip when I was really just a dork. Oh well...hopefully I wasn't the only one! 


~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~ The English Roadmovie ~

Chapter Four: The English Roadmovie
Synopsis: While riding the bus, Llew discovers a mysterious letter in his underpants. 
Author's Note: Oh, by the time we reach this stage you can definitely tell the book is written by a teenager! Please forgive how messy and purile some of this chapter is. Feel free to offer concrit if you will.


~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~ Return to Orbit ~

 Chapter Three: Return to Orbit
Synopsis: Llew is reunited with his friend Crisp. The two boys are reluctant to travel home. 
Author's Note: You'll be pleased to hear that Llew has sobered up considerably in this chapter. Don't worry too much about the strange happenings of the previous night. They'll be explained soon. This chapter is for getting to know the characters!


~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~ A Smoke with Death ~

Chapter Two: A Smoke with Death
Synopsis: Our narrator Llew joins Satan and the Grim Reaper for a beanfeast. 
Author's Note: If you made it through my turbulent opening chapter hopefully you will find this instalment more digestible. The story remains a little screwball and trippy, but this section is far more chilled. Step inside the teepee and pass the pipe. 


~ Foreword ~ Methane Flames ~

Chapter One: Methane Flames 
Synposis: A thunder storm rages over a music festival at the end of time.
Author's Note: Several publishers and agents have complained that this opening chapter is far too chaotic and will put people off my story rather than drawning them into it. Many of my test readers however say that they love it and have made me swear not to tone it down. You just can't please everybody. Make of the beginning what you will. I hope that it doesn't scare you off! 
Welcome to the world of Yonder. 

~ Foreword ~