The Moonlight Stallion

'The Moonlight Stallion' is Brian Taylor's second collection of outback yarns. The stories, all told in Brian's inimitable style, range from the hilarious to the tragic, from the moving to the terrifying.

We read about Aboriginal stockman Charlie and his extraordinary knowledge of the bush; a strange, silent wake for a dog at an outback pub; outback priest Peter Mayhew and his work with young bush kids; a frightening night in camp when wild dingoes attacked a lost calf; the strange appearance of the moonlight stallion; a fearful flash flood at a camp beside the Clark River; the dreadful discovery, in a harsh and baking landscape, of a long-abandoned wagon and the skeletons of six horses, still in harness; an unexpected meeting with an old digger and bushman in a retirement home; and much more besides.

This book vividly evokes an era now gone, when bush people struggled in terrible isolation to tame the land, and when camaraderie and mateship were everything.