Kenn Amdahl
“An original and compelling ghost story/time travel adventure— sweet and charming, but also dark, haunting, and disturbing. Vivid, elegant writing from an author usually associated with humor and nonfiction.”
Is eleven-year-old Charles’s old house haunted? If it is, maybe his very-scientific attempts to learn magic in the 1950s had the weird side-effect of summoning the ghosts of people from 1897. These include a sweet kid who needs his help, but also frightening and dangerous adults. An old bell might possess a power he doesn’t understand and a young goat could be a manitou (a magic animal). Or, is Charles simply as delusional as his brother and his therapist believe?
Charles clashes with outlaw Soapy Smith’s gang; he encounters Johannes Brahms as an old man and a little boy named Bram Stoker. He meets some crusty old frontier scouts and must escape from a brutal Arapaho warrior with her own magic powers and her own dark delusions.
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Praise for There Are No Electrons (also by Kenn Amdahl):
“Fascinating and fun! We all feel somewhat dumb when it comes to electronics. There Are No Electrons would be a proper tonic for this ignorance.” —— Ray Bradbury
Amazon Reviews:
“A magical, engaging story. Amdahl is a gifted writer who weaves words into intricate and vivid images; so much so that I could feel the smoke burning my eyes as I sat around the campfire with my new companions.
Even though Charles and Martin may not have been able to see me I think they knew that I was there.
Amdahl’s writing has a compelling, fluid cadence that carries you from one sentence to the next transporting the reader to previously unknown adventures.
Filled with magic and metaphor this book is a pure delight to read.”–
n.k.boyd
“This Amdahl guy is not normal, and his stories are not usual. Manitou Bell is, perhaps, the most not usual of them all. Reading Amdahl, be prepared to be unprepared.” — Melvis
“This is a beautifully written, unique coming of age story filled with surprises, mostly delightful, a few quite dark, but all eminently engaging and entertaining.”– Liz Hill, author of The Last Brass Ring
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