A humorous collection of stories about life growing up in the Australian outback as seen and lived by Mary Seaton (Hoppo) of Tibooburra. With animals for playmates and ww11 diggers for her circle of friends, Mary grows up with a somewhat different take on the world. Raised on the road in tents and caravans, she'd lived in every state by age eight, Mary developed her own style and a dry sense of humor. Educated by correspondence, taught by her mother it was from her mother that she developed her ability to write. When most girls her age were learning to cook sew lessons and school, she was...

"The Power of the Mage's Staff "is the story of a young orphaned girl as she struggles to survive after she has been left alone, homeless and very afraid. She is also wanted by a very powerful and evil duke who thinks she may have witnessed his soldiers as they massacred a whole village, her village.

Five boys, also orphans, find her unconscious and very ill. Guessing where she may be from they take her to their cave and hide her. Lotrace lingers in a deep sleep for some time so the boys enlist the aid of an old medicine woman to help her.

Eventually Lotrace wakens and begins an epic...

"Tales from the Chill Zone "is a collection of short stories about theAustralian supernatural. It is a thrillerwhich delves, often deeply into thedarker more sinister Australian. Set inAustralia in the 1960's the book features" 'Stella of the Outback' "a storyconcerned with the Australianpsyche of the times.