Far Below Our Streets

By L.A Speedwing

Ten-year old Johanna has always been told by her parents she was too curious.
As if it was a sin!
Her own parents don't seem to be curious about anything at all! So annoying.
Yet strange things are happening around here.
So when she sees a man with strange clothes using a strange device on her neighbor, Johanna must do something about it.

After all it isn't often a girl who wants to be a policewoman-detective-reporter (or as she calls it a "politecter" ) gets to unveil the mystery around her whole neighborhood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.A Speedwing
• Release date: Jan 19, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466119994

L.A Speedwing

I am based in Dublin. I run a weekly blog where I discuss about Writing, Arts and other Randomness to provide a relief to my overheated brain otherwise busy writing two children' stories and a Contemporary Fantasy novel for Young Adults. I also published a few short stories and poems in various online magazines. ( See my publications page)

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Far Below Our Streets

By L.A Speedwing

SMASHWORDS EDITION

Copyright L.A Speedwing 2008

Cover Image- Name of the Artist alladinian/bigstock.com

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About the author

I live in Dublin, Ireland where I enjoy the rain and wind. In fact, nothing makes me happier than when the heavens break above me on a daily basis.

On a separate note, I’d love to hear from you, readers. So do not hesitate to review this book or email your opinions at laspeedwing @ yahoo (dot) ie.

Thank You Note:

I’d like to thank John O’Donnell who helped me edit and correct this ebook. His help was invaluable. I would also like to thank French Auds who edited the first draft more than three years ago.

Finally I’d like to thank my brother who although a very tough critique, has read almost everything I have written since I’ve started to write.

This first e-book is dedicated to you.

I’d like to thank my sister too. She’s been very supportive of me.

And last but not least, I’d like to thank John Bellew who gave this story a meticulous nice finish.

Chapter 1 – The girl who asked too many questions

Never! said Johanna aloud. She slammed the bedroom door and kicked the waste paper basket across the room. The contents spread over the floor.

Never! I won’t let them! I’ll not give up! she cried stubbornly to herself. She looked absent-mindedly into Sushi’s googly fish eyes. Sushi looked back, thoroughly bored.

They’re wrong! Totally wrong!

She would not be a hairdresser like her mother. She would be a policewoman, a detective or a reporter. Or as she called it a politecter, the shorter version of a police-detecto-reporter.

Asking questions: this was what she was good at.

Adults didn't like when you asked questions. It seemed like it was a bad thing to be curious. She always heard adults telling her the same thing over and over like Don’t be so nosy!, Stay put! or Don’t be looking for trouble!

But she couldn't help it.

She always had a million thoughts running through her head. And ninety-nine percent of them were questions about everyday life. How did the clouds appear and why was the sky blue and not yellow? What were the neighbours doing right now? And what happened to Mr Doyle’s car? Even the simplest questions such as why did the leaves