STITCH

by Apollo Stark

Overview

The debut novel of Apollo Stark which lays the foundation for his forthcoming series which sees the worlds of magic and science collide.
An immortal black cat
A pair of magic knitting needles
An old woman who is more than she appears to be
And a carpet bag that thinks it is a dog

Who thinks knitting is magic?
Maisie Evans certainly didn't but she was in for the surprise of her life. She didn't know she had a spark within her, a special connection to the weave of creation, the ethereal energy which binds everything together.
But her new next door neighbour, Granny Stitch knew.
The old woman had been searching for half a century for someone with that spark to become a new Keeper, the protector of an ancient and magical pair of knitting needles capable of knitting anything their user could imagine and then transforming it into reality.
Despairing of ever finding a true Keeper, Granny Stitch had already tried to train another girl. But, realising she was dangerous the old woman rejected her. With vengeance in mind, Amber Trumpington-Smythe vowed to stop at nothing to obtain the needles and unleash demonic forces that could destroy everything Granny Stitch held dear.
Can Maisie overcome her own selfishness and fear, and learn to control the needles before they are warped to evil?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185829608
Publisher:	Skull 'n' Bones
Publication date:	02/12/2023
Series:	Stitch , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	341 KB

About the Author

Born in the land of Nodnot, Apollo Stark was a daydreamer of a child who loved nothing more than spending his time having crazy adventures in the magical and fertile realm of Imagination, which happened to be outside the family home back door.
“I still visit there to this day,” he confesses. “Where better place is there to spend one’s time than in an alternate dimension of reality? Anything is possible. You can’t buy tickets to visit the worlds I’ve been to, be the first to experience its weird creatures, or make the strangest of friends as I have.”
On one such journey he met the spirit of the woods who gave him a magical staff to watch over him.
“Cyclops guides me along the path I travel,” Apollo said, talking of his staff. “I couldn’t ask for a better companion to walk with.”
Then, on the advice of an old witch who lives at Jiggery-Pokery Cottage, Apollo took to recording his experiences as short stories, poems and rhymes, in the hope that people might one day, want to read the phantasmagorical adventures of those he met. His gifted friend a monkey called Ernshaw, helped by illustrating his earlier works.
Oddly, most of Apollo’s writing remains unread in a dusty leather case on the top of his wardrobe, their hand inked and illustrated pages waiting, like buried treasure to be discovered.
Stitch is the first story he has wanted to share with anyone in a very long time, and he is currently working on its sequel.