Bob & The HourGlass Fish. Hardcover Book

Bob and the Hourglass Fish

Stories From Forgotten Lane

What would you fish for if you could catch time?

When Oscar goes fishing with Bob, he expects to find an ordinary fish.

Instead, something strange is waiting beneath the clouds.

A tiny glass fish appears, with a golden hourglass inside its body — and it is moving very, very fast.

Bob pulls the line.

Oscar holds on.

And together they chase the little creature through floating islands, storms, impossible weather and a sky where time itself seems to have forgotten which way to go.

But some things cannot be caught.

A beautifully illustrated story about wonder, friendship, curiosity and the fleeting nature of time.

Bob and the Hourglass Fish is part of Stories From Forgotten Lane — a strange, gentle world where forgotten things, impossible places and curious characters are never quite what they seem.

Written and illustrated by David Martin.

Short Shopify description

A tiny glass fish. A golden hourglass. And a very long way to go.

When Oscar goes fishing with Bob, they discover a mysterious fish carrying time inside its glass body. Their chase takes them across the clouds and into a world where the seasons change in seconds and time itself seems to run backwards.

A beautifully illustrated tale of wonder, friendship and the things we cannot catch.

Stories From Forgotten Lane — where ordinary things are rarely ordinary.