Flare

Book Two of the Anthologies of Short Novels Series by Audrey LattanzeLaugh, cry, cheer, and gasp, and come back wanting more. Dive into three short novels about Mage Cats, Mummies, and Aliens that are light, fun, riveting, and dynamic.Flare: An anthology of short novels, includes The Golden Whisker, Patchwork Mummies, and Voice Box. All three stories offer the reader action, adventure, emotion, and depth which is all jam packed in a unique novel-and-script-hybrid format. What does that mean? It means you’re going for a ride.In The Golden Whisker, Umbra lives her life as a housecat, but that all changes when a magical golden whisker shows up on her face. Forced to leave her quiet life with her best friend Gigi, Umbra must travel the streets alone as she seeks to discover the secrets of this golden whisker and her past. Once the truth is revealed, Umbra must work with her fellow Mage Cats in the Bobcat and Cougar Covens to save the city from Madame Luna and the Chez Meow Cat Café Coven.Welcome to Hagstown! In Patchwork Mummies, Pip and Oliver are the apprentices to the Cloth Master Yoli and the Doctor Tim. Like any mummy in this land between lands, they wish to have a do-over with their lives and come back to normal life as Reborn Humans. To do this, they need to collect soft tissue which is scattered across the world in canopic jars. They are both so close! All they need is a heart! And they find it! But it splits in two, and now they are forced to share it with each other. Can Pip and Oliver survive the prying eyes of their fellow mummies as well as the magician followers of Otner Ra long enough to become Reborn Humans?In Voice Box, Nigel just wants to hear his mother sing again, so he creates a device to help her injured vocal cords by using the tools in his scientist father’s workshop. Though he fails to help his mother, he succeeds in creating an alien translator. Good timing too because Lavender, an alien from the colorful planet Xerum, is stuck on Earth and needs his help! As the two grow closer, Lavender and Nigel must work together to overcome physical, social, and internal barriers as they stand up in the name of science. Characters List:The Golden Whisker: Umbra, Gigi Cheveux, Prin, Socks, Madame Luna, Bijou, Rolland, Freckles, Tuff, and Willow.Patchwork Mummies: Pip, Oliver, Yoli, Dr. Tim, Mr. Cedric and Mrs. Irine LeBlanc, Zenia, Loveless, Cleo the cat, Ruby and the Reborns, Abbas, the magicians, and Pharoah Betnuk.Voice Box: Nigel, Lavender, Dennis, Claire, Mr. Briton, Collin, Phoebe, Emerald, Vermillion, Cyan, and Mahogany.Disclaimer:Intended for young adult audiences. Parental discretion is advised for mild language, blood and violence, death, mentioning cannabis, alluding to drinking and smoking, multi-optioned pronoun usage, and adult themes.All original stories, characters, designs, and artwork, including cover art and interior art, copyright (c) Audrey LattanzeYoung Adult, Fantasy, Monster, Monsters, Adventure, Coming of Age, Responsibility, Mystery, Social Anxiety, Science, Testing the Limits, Love, Revenge, Protection, Witches, Cats, Mummies, Aliens, Cryptic, Fun, Funny, Original Art.