Welcome to the Notherland Journeys

Chapter 10:  The FarNear   “NOT YOU, SAINT ZAK!” “We thought you lived only to do good deeds!” “You two are just jealous. While you’re sitting around drinking lattes planning your pathetic weekends, I’ll be doing something worthwhile with my time.” Peggy opened her...

Chapter 7: The Climbing-Boy   BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN FULLY AWAKE, Peggy felt it assaulting her ears, boring into her head as if trying to pierce the innermost recesses of her brain. What is that awful racket? She opened her eyes and peered into the darkness. She felt...

Chapter 4: Ghosts on the Ice   “MORE CREAM, MY DEAR?” The woman, wearing a high-collared dress with a wide, billowy skirt, held out a delicate china creamer to the white-haired man in the military uniform sitting across the table from her. “I daresay, my dear, these...

BOOK II: The Shining World Prologue   AS SHE STOOD near the entrance to Green Echo Park singing at the top of her lungs, it occurred to Mi the Nordling that it might not be a good idea to call too much attention to herself in this unfamiliar world. But it was so...

Chapter 10:  The Hole at the Pole   SIR JOHN STOOD ON THE DECK of the Terror, looking at the great gaping Hole as it spewed what looked like smoke into the air. “There it is,” he said quietly, “the destination that I have spent a lifetime striving to reach. I thought...

Chapter 7: The Great Polar Sea   FROM THE DECK of the Terror, Mi looked out in all directions. The Great Polar Sea was so vast, its waters seemed to go on forever and ever. Mi was used to Lake Notherland. It had always seemed big to her, but at least you could see...