About This Book
Scottish by birth, anarchist by persuasion, odd bikes and
obscure comics by collection. Retired from thirty years
of front line child protection, he lives between Scotland
and British Columbia with wife, three adult sons, and a
blessing of grandchildren.
Allan has penned reportage, articles, and fi ction since
the early eighties for variety of motorcycle magazines:
Canadian Biker, Back Street Heroes (GB), Biker and
Renegade (USA).
Poke and Uber have their real life counterparts in his
stable, and the most recent build is a 31/48 Chout (Chief/
Scout) bobber.
As for the magic? Well, thats really up to you.
Tinker Tales Unhallowed is a collection of previously
unpublished short stories celebrating magic and motorcycles.
Tinker is the son of an absentee Irish gypsy dad and a
Scottish mother, raised poor and turned out on the streets
after her death in his early teens. Blood will out, and he
becomes a trader in iron ponies, only to become enmeshed
in the coils of magic. Somehow he survives a sorcerers
apprenticeship to Magic John, a notorious gutter-mage,
as detailed in previous collections: Tinker Tales (voted
Fiction of the Year by motorcyclefi ction.com) and Tinker
Tales Untold (Book of the Month, motorcyclefi ction.com).
Yet trouble and temptation lurk around every corner. Here,
Tinker hazards an alternative Britain, runs into an unusual
outlaw club, and turns tables on a temptress. Life may be
dangerous, yet never dull. Ride behind him a few miles,
and discover the forgotten realms of magic.
Tinker Tales Unhallowed is illustrated by the British
artist, Louise Limb.
