I is for Invisible, M is for Moth: Eight Stories of Magic and Adventure

by Daley Downing

Eight stories of magic and adventure, spunfrom the mind of Daley Downing (a.k.a. TheInvisible Moth) and special contributor WhiteFang.Travel with a writer researching fairies, ayoung wife facing the ghosts of her past, andto an alien planet with a human survivor ofnuclear war.Search a London bookshop for theinstruction manual to stopping the end of theworld.Step inside the life of an autistic mother.Drink deeply of short but poignant flashfiction.And at the end of it all, take a tour of the startof the zombie apocalypse.

114 pages, Paperback

Published April 12, 2020

About the author

Daley Downing is an autistic adult, stay at home parent, blogger, dance teacher, and self-professed lover of fantasy fiction and cats. She lives on a secret island, protected by Warriors cats, and rarely ventures to the mainland. When she's not writing, she's wrangling special needs children, her own furbaby, reading, and waiting for the TARDIS to show up.

Reviews

[Anya Pavelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent collection of stories, which are somehow magical, whimsical, and serious at the same time. The first story is my favorite. In this one, a woman named Siobhan, who is working on resolving personal issues along with investigating accounts of the faerie world. In another story, a ghost delivers an important message. I recommend this collection highly.

[Paul Broome · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful! Here’s a wonderful volume of short stories to make you laugh, to make you smile, but most of all to make you look beyond yourself. While these stories are firmly set in this world and its problems and issues, there are several tales that include bits of tantalizing fantasy and ghosts that speak from the heart.

Daley Downing gives us full narratives, such as “Me and You” that describes a young woman’s need for closure and understanding. And along the way, we find remarkable moments of clarity that ring true regardless of time and place. Who doesn’t know the crushing weight of guilt or the uplifting rush of friendship?

In “Primitive,” Daley introduces us to the lone individual who copes with loss, as he maintains a career of discipline and self-control. It is a study of the all too human ability to compartmentalize not out of meanness or cruelty but out of necessity. In story after story, we meet characters who remind us of ourselves and our constant need for affection, friendship, and love. The fact that the singular letters of the title spell out I'M, which is to say I AM, is relevant.

I IS FOR INVISIBLE, M IS FOR MOTH is a book that is perfect for summer reading!