Leo and the Magical Ball of Madness is a darkly imaginative, surreal modern fable that also marks my first ever published novella—a short, concentrated work where many of the themes that continue to shape my wider body of writing first took form. The story follows Leo, a disaffected and emotionally estranged teenager who discovers a mysterious white ball inscribed with shifting, elemental symbols, an object that gradually reveals itself as a conduit for imagination with the power to distort reality itself. As Leo retreats deeper into fantasy, control, and self-mythologising, the book explores narcissism, alienation, creative delusion, and the seductive danger of unchecked inner vision, asking whether imagination is a sacred faculty or a destabilising force when severed from empathy and shared reality. Blending folklore, psychological horror, dark humour, and mythic symbolism, the novella functions as both a cautionary tale and a mirror—one that reflects contemporary struggles with power, identity, and inner worlds. The book is accompanied by a body of illustrative artwork created specifically for it, which can be viewed in the Vision / Creations section of this site, and it stands as the foundation from which further books and connected works are now emerging.