Scottish by birth, anarchist by persuasion, odd bikes andobscure comics by collection. Retired from thirty yearsof front line child protection, he lives between Scotlandand British Columbia with wife, three adult sons, and ablessing of grandchildren.Allan has penned reportage, articles, and fi ction sincethe early eighties for variety of motorcycle magazines:Canadian Biker, Back Street Heroes (GB), Biker andRenegade (USA).Poke and Uber have their real life counterparts in hisstable, 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 previouslyunpublished short stories celebrating magic and motorcycles.Tinker is the son of an absentee Irish gypsy dad and aScottish mother, raised poor and turned out on the streetsafter her death in his early teens. Blood will out, and hebecomes a trader in iron ponies, only to become enmeshedin the coils of magic. Somehow he survives a sorcerersapprenticeship to Magic John, a notorious gutter-mage,as detailed in previous collections: Tinker Tales (votedFiction of the Year by motorcyclefi ction.com) and TinkerTales 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 unusualoutlaw club, and turns tables on a temptress. Life may bedangerous, yet never dull. Ride behind him a few miles,and discover the forgotten realms of magic.Tinker Tales Unhallowed is illustrated by the Britishartist, Louise Limb.