A Wish and His Demand

By Karen Black

As a child, Amanda can see pictures in the clouds and spends hours imagining stories about the wispy apparitions. When she tells her mother she wishes she could be a writer, her wish is overheard. A stranger gives her an antique pen, along with the advice to take good care of it, and Amanda's creativity flourishes.

Years later, however, she learns success has a price, with a cost that is more than she is willing to pay. With help from a childhood friend and a telepathic cat, Amanda fights for her life. As the battle rages, she finds that love has many forms and comes from all directions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Karen Black
• Release date: Aug 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215372630

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A Wish and His Demand

Karen Black

Copyright © 2022 Karen Black

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A Wish and His Demand

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, or any places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are products of the author’s imagination and are used fictitiously.

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Author, Karen Black

Cover Design, Dark Water Arts Designs

Editor, 4 Wills Publishing

Table of Contents

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Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

About the Author

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Chapter One

Amanda squinted and pointed toward the sky. Look, Momma. There’s a giant cat!

Marjorie followed her daughter’s gaze. Fluffy cumulus clouds blended with wispy cirrus and formed the image of a huge cat.

It’s a white lion and she looks like Jonah’s cat, Vanilla. She sleeps in the clouds all day and prowls the backyard at night to protect us from anything bad. White lions are magical and invisible. Vanilla the lion can grant wishes and tell the future.

The way you and Jonah come up with stories, you two should write a book someday, Marjorie chuckled. Jonah’s and Amanda’s families lived on the same block. The children had been friends since kindergarten.

Yep. Jonah and I are going to be famous authors.

The pair watched the giant cat, until she disappeared. Amanda reached for her mother’s hand, and they strolled through the maze of tables at the County Fairgrounds. The Fairgrounds had been used as a weekend flea market since Marjorie was a youngster, and buyers came from miles around. As Marjorie scanned the antiques, Amanda spotted an old woman sitting alone. She dropped her mother’s hand.

I’m going over there, she said, pointing in the direction where the old lady sat.

Okay, don’t wander any farther.

Amanda skipped across the pathway to a small stand at the edge of the market and began an animated conversation with the woman.

Look at this! Amanda held up an ink pen when her mother joined