Books By wildgoose


The Mystery of Loch Tromlee
Alastair Macleod The Mystery of Loch Tromlee

or Angus of the Rocks

  • Fiction
  • English
  • 12669 Words
  • Ages 8 and up
  • 1668
  • 0

"Colin Mackenzie wore a tan half-length jacket, light green trousers and ankle length, lumberjack lace up boots. Even from a distance his wavy black hair seemed vital. "Those eyebrows," thought Fiona, "they need a good clipping and that hair, it was all over the place." Col... Read more...

Keywords: love, lost castle, Highlands of Scotland, Clan McCorquodale, mystery

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Fenya and Menya
alastair macleod Fenya and Menya

or the two giantesses

  • Fairy Tale
  • English
  • 855 Words
  • Ages 6 and up
  • 1212
  • 1

"King Frodi went on a visit to a King Sven in Sweden, there he saw Sven had two giantesses, Fenya and Menya, large strapping women with jet black hair in plaits. Sven used their great strength to cut down trees. King Frodi bought them from Sven who was pleased to b... Read more...

Keywords: magic, giantesses, female power, the sea, goddesses

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A Desert Story
alastair macleod A Desert Story
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 600 Words
  • Ages 6 and up
  • 962
  • 1

"In a far off land beyond the mountain lay a desert country. To some it was bleak and treeless, to others it was magical. At night the stars sprinkled the sky as if on a dark blue carpet. In the day time the sun beat down on a magnificent landscape of rocks and sand, sand t... Read more...

Keywords: desert, stories, seeking knowledge

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A Pharaoh's      Daughter
Alastair Macleod A Pharaoh's Daughter

plus the Tale of the Golden Fish

  • Juvenile Fiction
  • English
  • 2651 Words
  • Ages 8 and up
  • 954
  • 2

"She rubbed her arms – goose pimples. She stroked her long hair, fingering the ringlets and stared at her sandals; a slight girl, slender brown in a fine white garment that reached her ankles. Gold rings on her fingers and a bracelet of elephant hair. Around her neck a broa... Read more...

Keywords: treasure, Egypt, Pharoah, daughter, love, magic, mystery, golden fish, jealous princess

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A Christmas Tale
Alastair Macleod A Christmas Tale

The Charity Turkey

  • Romance
  • English
  • 1537 Words
  • Ages 12 and up
  • 823
  • 3

"Well she’d do her best. She started to think of what she could do to make it something for the kids. Just then a small red three wheeler pulled up outside her gate. A man and woman in uniform got out. The bloody cops - what next, what has he done now? They came up the path... Read more...

Keywords: Christmas, turkey, personal loss, renewal, love

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The Red Violin
alastair macleod The Red Violin
  • Short Story
  • English
  • 763 Words
  • Ages 6 and up
  • 775
  • 1

"David found before him a striking redhead with shoulder length hair dressed in a long black dress and black waist length jacket. She strode in boldly and seeing the open fiddle case lifted the fiddle straight out. She tightened the bow and then began to tune the strings. ... Read more...

Keywords: love, girl, violin

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Batool
alastair macleod Batool

or The Garden of the Mind

  • Short Story
  • English
  • 1425 Words
  • Ages 8 and up
  • 751
  • 0

"But, women remembered the land had been a garden and they made for themselves within their homes, a garden such as this, the courtyard garden, it’s aim to recreate something lost but envisioned in the mind of women, a miniature of the lost paradise, a miniature of what t... Read more...

Keywords: women, gardens, philosophy, nature

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Fembots
Alastair Macleod Fembots
  • Science Fiction
  • English
  • 4083 Words
  • Ages 10 and up
  • 734
  • 1

A small Scottish knitwear firm begins to introduce Fembots; advanced humanoid robot women to the production line. Attractive, skilful and very lifelike, will these Fembots be accepted by the women workers in the workplace? What happens when the women are encouraged to take ... Read more...

Keywords: Fembots, actoids, robots, automation, love, sex, Scotland, The Borders Region, Jedburgh

€1.49

The Black Dragon Ghost
Alastair Macleod The Black Dragon Ghost

and other Dragon tales

  • Romance
  • English
  • 2510 Words
  • Ages 0 and up
  • 693
  • 0

The Black Dragon "She had imagined many things about Li Ban but she shuddered at his death. He had tried to outrun the Black Dragon and failed. Each year young men ran before the great wave that sweeps up the Quintang River on the full moon. It was foolish and daring. Li B... Read more...

Keywords: dragons, ghosts, ancient China, mystery, romance

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GUANXI
Alastair Macleod GUANXI
  • Fiction
  • English
  • 4563 Words
  • Ages 10 and up
  • 664
  • 1

"Attaining Guanxi depends on all the principles being in place. The key is the concept of harmony; without harmonious relationships, for example where there are competing or conflicting relationships, there can be no trust, without trust, Lian or face will be lost. Also wit... Read more...

Keywords: philosophy, America, China, relationships

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