The title of the story is Chesha, and it's all about a small girl, a brown tabby cat and a glum scarecrow. It's also the first in a series of four.
Here's an excerpt:
Though Phoebe had searched the house and garden inside out, Chesha was nowhere to be found.
It was a warm, windy day and the season was almost summer.The wind called to Phoebe on days like this, begging her to follow it up over the hills, toward the high, far off mountains which hid, blue against a blue sky, only their white snow-caps showing.Perhaps it called to Chesha too.
After all these years, Chesha is finally available for download as both a PDF and an eBook!
I chose the indentation, so the drop cap in the eBook version has been replaced by a sort of "flying cap" (a drop cap's crazy relative?).
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... but you know, the more I look at the flying cap, the more I kinda like it. Maybe I'll make it my signature thing.....
Chesha is primarily intended for readers aged 8-13, but it's probably surreal enough to be enjoyed by quirky types of any vintage.
I was inspired to write it by Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz and various films directed by Hayao Miyazaki, so if you like those things, you just might like this story too!
Happy reading!
Cheerio!
Sparkey Davis
