David Dodds

I have been writing all my life. From short stories, written as a child on an elderly typewriter, via editing a university newsletter, I progressed to writing both fiction and non-fiction for a broad range of magazines and blogs, as diverse as Practical Wireless, Sailplane & Gliding and various wildlife and conservation publications.

When I progressed to novel-writing I combined my love of history and mythology with magical realism, set in the dark wynds and closes of Edinburgh. My first novel, Touchpaper, the first in the Parallel Realm series was published in 2024. The second, Wyrm-galdr was published in late 2025.

I live in a former railway workers cottage in the Scottish Borders with my wonderful and creative wife Rona, a small and opinionated dog and an eldely one-eyed cat. Now retired from work as a bat ecologist, when not engaged in writing or small-dog-wrangling I help Rona with her successful plant nursery. I also enjoy flying gliders over the beautiful Scottish Borders and am privileged to train new pilots, in my role as a flight instructor.

http://www.daviddoddsauthor.com

Touchpaper (Parallel Realm book 1)

By: David Dodds

An immersive urban fantasy with a fun twist on legendary and mythological creatures. Book 1 of the parallel realm series.Drew Macleod is caught in a turf-war between Archer, the last remaining daemon and the incompetent angelii. Both seek to save humans from threats they don’t know exist, but Drew needs to find out who is hunting him personally through the dark closes and alleys of Edinburgh and why. He and Archer are helped by a feisty herbalist and a brilliant old clock-maker, but the dangers keep piling up.This original and imaginative story lets a quirky cast characters lead us into a hidden and dangerous world. The contemporary setting and the richness of the characters holds our atte...

Wyrm-galdr (Parallel Realm book 2)

By: David Dodds

My name’s Drew Macleod and I can use galdr. You’d probably call it magic. I’m slowly developing my skills, with the “help” of Archer. He’s a grumpy bastard, but he’s the last remaining daemon, so who else is going to protect Edinburgh from all the bad stuff out there? The angelii? Don’t make me laugh. If people in the city had any idea what was going on out of their sight they’d wet themselves and the angelii are as powerful as half-drowned kittens. So it’s down to Archer and I to fend off maras, sceadhus, shades, ælves and all the rest of the nasties out there. There’s Garm of course, but as he manifests himself as a small, scruffy dog his help is usually limited to s...