The Ickles(R) Second Helping: 20 short stories including Tropickle and the Home Swap Getaway - Couverture souple

Eccles, A J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0648686035 ISBN 13 : 9780648686033

Editeur : various Australia publishers, 2022

Synopsis

Spellbinding short stories that capture the imagination

Do you like stories that sweep you along with the plot, breathlessly wondering how things will turn out? Then you will love The Ickles!

Their stories include action, drama, sci-fi themes, comedy, fantasy and pure imagination. They also promote positive values of encouragement, hope and empowerment.

The Ickles are members of a far-flung family of rugged individuals, all with their own incredible stories to tell. They live in a parallel universe with nice straight edges. Their world is pretty much like our own. Messed up, but much more magical and exciting. They experience some extraordinary adventures, get themselves into all sorts of trouble, but always come out OK.

Imagine if your name tells us everything about you. That's how we recognize The Ickles in their own Ickle world. In many ways the Ickles are just like us. They laugh, they cry, they have adventures and disappointments. They discover new things about themselves that surprise and delight them. The Ickles is a collection of 20 short stories with a cast of Ickle characters sure to entertain, educate and amaze you with their crazy antics and unbelievable experiences.

You'll meet Artickle who becomes famous for his accidental works of art. There is Astronomickle who almost discovers a new star cluster; Clerickle who dreams of life as a ballet dancer; Comickle, the saddest clown on earth; Astronautickle with zero gravity experiments in space; and Topickle, who only packed a pair of board shorts and open sandals for a vacation at the North Pole!

The Ickles 2nd Helping is a collection of 20 short stories with a new cast of Ickle characters to join your favorites from Book 1.

Author A J Eccles' vivid writing style is a mixture of Roald Dahl meets Rod Serling. He combines fantasy, sci-fi. and adventure in some wildly imaginative stories sure to entertain young readers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A.J. Eccles is the author of The Ickles Second Helping, a collection of short stories about a group of unique individuals with names that perfectly describe their personality, occupation or behavior. Their adventures are fanciful tales about ordinary individuals who do extraordinary things. They live in the real world, but their journeys often take them to far-off places, or fantasy lands where they live out their dreams.A.J. Eccles first turned his hand to writing fictional stories after a career as a video producer, writer and senior global marketing executive.He loves writing for strong characters and developing unusual stories with unexpected plot twists. The stories range from comedy to adventure to sci-fi drama. The Ickles(R) gives the author the opportunity to develop storylines based on the roles and personalities suggested by the names of each character. A.J. lives on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.When he's not writing you can usually find him playing music, walking his two dogs on the beach, doodling cartoon characters, watching sci-fi or researching all manner of interesting topics online.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: various Australia publishers
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0648686035
• ISBN 13: 9780648686033
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Eccles A J
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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