Robert Mayfield

Inspired by the castle-like town hall in Horsham, Sussex, Robert Mayfield has written stories in which strange and wonderful things come to pass when the flying castle roars off at the sound of the one o’clock bell in the early morning.

There are stories such as The Human Cannonball, Swifty the Elephant, Sarah’s Pumpkin and The Green Dragon.

Gradually a world of wonder unfolds before the readers very eyes helped by characters such as Robin Aide, Ubiquitous, the ancient wizard, the ghostly Dan Roberts, and the five crew members of the flying castle, of which perhaps the strangest is Lucky Jim, the tiny green genie.

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As a thank-you, we'll also send you a voucher so you can download the second book for free - here are details of two of the stories...

Sarah's Pumpkin.
Sarah's mum and dad run a veg shop in Middle Street. As Halloween approaches Sarah sets up a large pumpkin in the shop window with a candle inside. The candle starts to fade, but when the ghostly Dan Roberts from the Town Hall just around the corner taps his large nose he casts a magical spell over the pumpkin much to the delight of Sarah and her parents.

Blackie and Tottie
Jack's mum tries to save a baby blackbird (Blackie) by placing it in a nest of straw where the tortoise has created a nice bed for itself. Unfortunately the tortoise (Tottie) decides that this is just the place to go to sleep. So the plans to nurse the little bird do not work out, but after hearing what Seamus the Pixie and Lucky Jim have to say life becomes much brighter. After all how can you keep a straight face when a little man standing barely taller than a bottle of fairy liquid, and wearing a ridiculously tall hat, starts spouting words of wisdom?

For more details about Robert, the Flying Castle stories and Horsham go to http://www.flyingcastlepublications.co.uk/The_Stories.html