The Mage and The Boffin - Part One: The Early Stories

By Cliff Pratt

"There's something in the air that I can't put my finger on," said the Mage.

He emphasised this by creating a small circle of light in the air with his finger. The Boffin gestured at it and it floated over to her. She stretched it and positioned it over her head.

The Mage laughed. "A halo?"

He gestured and was sitting with his arm around a small red devil, complete with horns and tail. The halo looked incongruous.

"Huh," she said and became herself again. She waved the halo out of existence.

"Let me see," she said pulling an instrument out of her pocket. She projected the readings on to the wall so that they could both have a look."Nothing is registering. Well, there's low level disturbances, but that's fairly normal. Quantum. Oh, and it's going to rain tomorrow. Can you see anything?"

"I agree. Nothing. There's a little bit of a control struggle, down on the right there, but that's likely to be local politics, I think. Nothing serious.

""Is there anything we can do?" asked the Boffin."Polish up our spells and charms? Dust off our equations?"

He put his arm around her. "There's something about this that is disturbing you, isn't there?"

She nodded. Just then there was a tentative knock on the door, and the Boffin's display went red.

The Mage and the Boffin are powerful and unique people. In a world with both Science and Magic, they embody those paradigms, and subtly influence the development of the world that they live in. They are not rulers, but live modestly in their cottage far from the centres of power, bringing up their children, and they interfere rarely. But powerful people listen to them, and they are sometimes called on to use their powers to help out.

They have loved each other and been married for thousands of years.

These are some of their stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0473461900
• ISBN13: 9780473461904
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Self Publisher
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"