 As Felix, Riley also produced comic verse, most notably two serio-comic epics, "The Luprechaun; or, Fairies' Shoemaker, An Irish Legend of '98" and "Billy McDaniel; or, 'The Ould Fellow' Balked.An Irish Legend", an Asmodean tale in which Billy rescues a young bride at a country wedding from the clutches of the devil.It is likely that Riley was also the "Felix McQuill" who wrote “The Luckless Journey; or, One Half Pint Too Much”, a cautionary tale set in the time of Governor Macquarie.