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| McCallum J. Morgan |
Along with his brother and sister, he explored the woods around his home and went on many imaginary adventures among the pine trees and along the creek. A voracious reader, he consumed books at an alarming rate and drew incessantly. Soon he was writing his own stories and dreaming of the day he would be an author. He was homeschooled and also took correspondence courses from the Institute of Children’s Literature.
At about the age of 13, his first book started to take form, scribbled in notebook after notebook; it grew slowly and was rewritten as an assignment for an ICL course.
Finally, in 2014, that book was published when McCallum was 19. He was already working on the second book of what would become a trilogy (the third book is planned for a release sometime next year) and since then has also written an unrelated horror-comedy, for which he did the cover artwork.
When he is not writing, drawing, painting or attacking a piece of fabric with a sewing machine, he may be found drinking espresso or working on log homes.
He describes writing as a compulsion and doesn’t see any end in sight, which is fine by him because “the sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring” — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
McCallum’s books are available at http://www.thelittlebirdbookstore.com and on his Amazon page, https://www.amazon.com/Mr-McCallum-J-Morgan/e/B017PI8AY2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1477696824&sr=8-1.
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Published September 20, 2014, by Little Bird Publishing House
Sixteen-year-old Parsifal’s world is turned upside down when he discovers a magical compass with untold power.
Pursued by mysterious forces that want the compass back, he escapes on his uncle’s expedition to Siberia, searching for a lost city. Who or what wants the compass and why? Who can Parsifal trust?
His new friend, the naturalist Balder? Lady Vasille, his uncle’s mysterious and beautiful companion? Himself?
Siberia and the lost city draw closer as Parsifal’s loyalty is torn and he begins to suspect that the compass and city are inextricably connected.
How can he protect the compass when he doesn’t know who he’s protecting it from?
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Published January 28, 2016, by Little Bird Publishing House
Parsifal and Balder are trapped on the arctic ice after Lady Vasille and Lord Keazund vanish into the Sea. The magical Compass shows Parsifal dire warnings of storm and mermaid.
Unable to resist the hole in the ice, the two friends find themselves cast adrift on an otherworldly Sea. A Sea filled with myth and dangerous monsters.
Guided by Dioktes, a strange old man of doubtful motives, they come to the Port, a floating city of wreckage ruled by a desperate rabble. Lady Vasille has designs upon the Port and upon all of the Sea. If Parsifal isn’t careful, he and his friends will be caught up in her schemes once more. But it’s hard to be careful when you’re trying to survive.
Ambulatory Cadavers
Published October 31, 2016, by Little Bird Publishing House
Two cousins. One on the verge of a great discovery—and excessive power, wealth, and infamy—the other on the verge of an odious marriage.
Lyra will stop at nothing to achieve her father’s dream of dissolving Parliament into so much anatomical sludge, searching out the farthest reaches of science and the arcane arts. Until her own dreams begin to awaken, jolted by the electric sparkle of an artist’s eyes.
Alice’s worst nightmares begin to awaken as great expectations weigh upon her and her answer to a very important question is awaited. Lacking a strong constitution, Alice can only run from her problems—until she runs into a strange young man of questionable occupation and discovers her cousin’s terrible plans.
The dead are about to rise, the Lords are about to fall, and things are about to get creamy. High society will never be the same again.