Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull Quotes

“Please, Aunt Lilith. We'll need a stage. Lights. Everything. Make it big. Make it spooky. Make it spectacular.”
― Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

“Is it a five-star, page-turner of a book?" asked Maggoty eventually. "Is it a gasp-worthy, white-knuckle ride of excitement set against a background of dark magicks? Has it got thrills, spills and an oh-so-gorgeous skull as the main character?”
― Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

“The skull screeched. Jawbone clattering, he turned back to face Mallory. "Difficult! The shade of it all! Put poor Maggoty back in his box, eh?" he shrieked. "After all the wacky adventures Mallory and Maggoty have been through! All the zany stunts they've pulled together?"

"I found you less than two days ago," Mallory reminded the skull. "We've had exactly one wacky adventure.”
― Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

“The whole experience is disappointing,” Lionel Vayne agreed. “What you want at a funeral is drama. Wailing into hankies and tearing at clothes. Weeping mourners throwing themselves on to the coffins. I’d give the whole thing three out of ten.”
― Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull

“Yes... No... I don't care. Look, I'm not a necromancer," Mallory said for the eighteenth time. "I told you I'm not interested in all that spooky stuff."

"Yet here you are, Boo," Maggoty chuckled. "Creeping around an ancient labyrinth beneath a haunted castle in a white nightgown, talking to a cursed skull with your hair all bunged up with cobwebs. Spooky, no? Like something a - ooh, I don't know - like something a necromancer might do.”
― Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull