Motorcycle Messengers is a collection of travel stories from some of the leading writers in the genre ... plus a few people you've never heard of. Consider it a sample pack of authors. Read a story by the fire and discover your new favourite motorcycle travel writer.

Lois Pryce exploits her dead grandmother and an imaginary husband to access the Congo.

Neil Peart finds his rhythm through the curves of North Carolina.

Paddy Tyson numbs his fear of crocodiles with a few drinks in Australia.

Carla King rides with a screaming, doped-up trucker in China.

Sam Manicom is forced out of country by the military in Sudan.

Geoff Hill breaks a Royal Enfield, falls in love, and becomes a hookah hooligan in Iran.

Jeremy Kroeker yearns to slap a rain gear designer in Slovenia.

Ted Bishop tricks himself into one final ride through the United States.

Mark Richardson puts his foot up and makes connections in Rwanda.

Jordan Hasselmann stares down the barrel of a wooden gun - and possibly a real one, too - in Guatemala.

Christopher P. Baker nearly crashes as he crushes crustaceans in Cuba.

Ted Simon ponders humanity while observing a rescue at sea off the coast of Malaysia.