Pelican Cay & Other Disquieting Tales

<p>"Poignant, wry and compelling. McHugh's tale of family crises and arcane mysteries brings the magic." </p><p>—<strong>M.R. Carey</strong> (<em>Outlaw Planet, Infinity Gate</em>)</p><p>"A colourful, mysterious Tarot-infused occult adventure, so vividly written that reading it was like having a weird and wonderful dream. It features two great characters: Aly, the "art-monster" single mother and her conflicted adult daughter Pallas—and now I wish for more stories about them."</p><p>—<strong>Lisa Tuttle</strong> (<em>The Mysteries, A Nest of Nightmares</em>) </p><p>"Beautifully realised characters, a dark and magical quest at its heart and prose that's a sheer delight—Maura McHugh's latest novella is a joy to read."</p><p>—<strong>Alison Littlewood</strong> (<em>Path of Needles, The Crow Garden</em>)</p><p>Aly Wyrd, famous art provocateur and magician, is missing on the eve of the opening of her visionary project, the Path of Illumination. <br>It falls to her estranged daughter, Pallas Trismegistus Morrigan Aylward, to navigate through dream, memory and arcane mystery to revisit her history <br>with her mother in '80s London and '90s Ireland until Pallas catches up with present-day revelation by walking the road to enlightenment designed by her mother.   </p>