The Healing Sand (Book Three: The Hole Stories)
by Christopher Millin
Price: $2.99 USD. 73450 words.
Published on May 7, 2012. Fiction.
Onus and Twig have ruined another of William Ernest Fang's elaborate plans and are finally on their way home. But a chance encounter with a very broken man leads the boys to a strange town hiding two big secrets: one, the town possesses a magical healing sand, and two, the sand, which is used for so much good, has a dark side to it...a dark side that may keep the boys from ever getting home.
Location: Canada
Member Since: Oct. 22, 2011
Christopher Millin
Biography
Christopher Millin published an arts and literature magazine for children called Crow Toes Quarterly from 2006 to 2011.
Many years before CTQ, Christopher fell into a deep, dark hole and met a man named Mr. Flex. Mr. Flex told Christopher an unbelievable and absolutely terrifying collection of stories to pass the time while they waited to be rescued. Christopher vowed that if he ever got out of the hole, he would write Mr. Flex’s stories down and share them with the world.
The first of his Hole Stories, called The King of Arugula, was published in 2007 by Thistledown Press. Fowl, Swine and Things That Send Shivers Down Your Spine, the second story Mr. Flex told, and Christopher’s second book in the series, is available now as an eBook.
Christopher was born on a horse farm in Edmonton, but now lives in Surrey, BC, with two guinea pigs that refuse to wear saddles.
Many years before CTQ, Christopher fell into a deep, dark hole and met a man named Mr. Flex. Mr. Flex told Christopher an unbelievable and absolutely terrifying collection of stories to pass the time while they waited to be rescued. Christopher vowed that if he ever got out of the hole, he would write Mr. Flex’s stories down and share them with the world.
The first of his Hole Stories, called The King of Arugula, was published in 2007 by Thistledown Press. Fowl, Swine and Things That Send Shivers Down Your Spine, the second story Mr. Flex told, and Christopher’s second book in the series, is available now as an eBook.
Christopher was born on a horse farm in Edmonton, but now lives in Surrey, BC, with two guinea pigs that refuse to wear saddles.
Where to find Christopher Millin online
Website: http://www.christophermillin.com
Twitter: CMillinRun
Twitter: CMillinRun
- CMillinRun: This is how I fell into a hole and found my way out...through words. http://t.co/BJazZ2Jj
- CMillinRun: Here's me reading a little excerpt from my middle-grade novel THE HEALING SAND. Enjoy! http://t.co/1LKPsYyt
- CMillinRun: My buddy @KristianAdam has a couple of his paintings making cameos in an upcoming episode of SUPERNATURAL. So excited! http://t.co/LKIqqBX6
- CMillinRun: THE HEALING SAND, the final story in my hole stories, is out now. Read my strange story about writing these stories. http://t.co/BJazZ2Jj
- CMillinRun: A lot can happen in 8 years! The strange, personal story of how THE HOLE STORIES came to be...and what they did to me. http://t.co/BJazZ2Jj
Where to buy in print
Books
Crow Toes Quarterly: Tales From a Playfully Dark World
by Christopher Millin
Price: $2.99 USD. 129080 words. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction.
Ever wonder what it's like to run an arts and literature magazine for children. In this collection of terrifying and telling stories from the blog of the Crow Toes Quarterly Narrator, you'll learn that it's not as glamorous as it might seem. In fact, it can be downright dangerous at times.
Price: $2.99 USD. 129080 words. Published on January 28, 2012. Fiction.
Ever wonder what it's like to run an arts and literature magazine for children. In this collection of terrifying and telling stories from the blog of the Crow Toes Quarterly Narrator, you'll learn that it's not as glamorous as it might seem. In fact, it can be downright dangerous at times.
Fowl, Swine and Things That Send Shivers Down Your Spine (Book Two: The Hole Stories)
by Christopher Millin
Price: $2.99 USD. 48800 words. Published on October 22, 2011. Fiction.
Having just saved the town of Arugula, ten-year-old Onus and his friend Twig are ready to get home and go to bed. Unfortunately, a run in with a cat named Lemy sends them far off course...so far in fact, they end up in a strange town called Cygnus Monde, where the streets are overrun with hair-stealing swans, and all the adults are fixated on one thing: a mysterious place called Tchaikovsky’s.
Price: $2.99 USD. 48800 words. Published on October 22, 2011. Fiction.
Having just saved the town of Arugula, ten-year-old Onus and his friend Twig are ready to get home and go to bed. Unfortunately, a run in with a cat named Lemy sends them far off course...so far in fact, they end up in a strange town called Cygnus Monde, where the streets are overrun with hair-stealing swans, and all the adults are fixated on one thing: a mysterious place called Tchaikovsky’s.