Cordelia - A Cornish Pixie in Whitinsville: A Cornish Pixie in Whitinsville

By Lisa Shea

Emily is embarking on a new adventure - she's in middle school. Unfortunately, the challenges remain the same. Nobody can pronounce her Cornish last name, Treworgy. Her mother is working all the time and her stepfather barely knows she exists. Her only escape is to lose herself in her favorite tales of King Arthur at the Whitinsville Social Library.

But when she happens across a leather-bound book of Cornish poetry, her life changes forever ...

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Cordelia is book one in the Cornish Pixie in Whitinsville short story series. This interconnected short story series follows Emily's adventures as she explores Whitinsville, Massachusetts with a small band of magical creatures. The stories are written gently, with no violence, swearing, or other adult content. They are quite suitable for teenagers and up. I tend to write with a vocabulary which might challenge many middle-school readers, but advanced readers would enjoy the journey.

Half of all proceeds from this series benefits battered women's shelters.

I would love your input as I'm writing these - it's your suggestions which will help guide the direction the story moves in! If you prefer to read your stories complete, you are welcome to wait until the sequence is complete and then buy the box set. Either way, you support the cause! I traditionally create a boxed set for my short story series every 10 books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lisa Shea
• Release date: Jul 23, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386338260

Lisa Shea

I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up.For a full listing of my books please visit:http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html

Book preview

Chapter 1

He who will not be ruled by the rudder

Will be ruled by the rock.

~ Cornish Proverb

A toddler’s high, piercing scream drove through Emily’s core. The mists of King Arthur’s castle, with its knights of honor and plucky maidens, faded away, leaving her sitting at a sturdy wooden table in the Whitinsville Social Library. Beautiful dark wood stretched above and around her, creating an elegant reading room. Golden light streamed in through the bank of windows. Rectangles of light danced across the floor.

The child screamed again.

Emily put her hand to her temples and rubbed, pushing aside her long, blonde hair. It was bad enough that Mrs. Collinsworth, her new seventh grade homeroom teacher, had gotten her last name wrong. Emily had long since given up on anyone getting Treworgy right on the first try. And her mom was working late again, meaning she’d be stuck eating her stepfather’s burnt