Authorpreneur Dashboard – Linda Quattrochi
The Spirit of Stone-and-Light Canyon
Teens
Seventeen-year-old Abigail Brodie Carson—Abby—is adventurous, self-assured and, too often, impulsive. On an early summer evening, Abby finds herself alone in her backyard, bummed and brooding. Her pals Jake and Mayumi are on family vacations while she starts the summer stuck at home—as usual. However, a late-night encounter with her creepy neighbor swiftly puts an end to Abby’s frustrations, when she’s told a chilling legend—“The spirit is real, you know. And he follows all hikers through the canyon—his canyon”—a tale that leads to haunting nightmares. But even the otherworldly existence of an ancient spirit doesn’t stop Abby from finding the secret canyon hidden in the rugged New Mexico wilderness. Alone in the canyon, Abby encounters inexplicable happenings— eerie sensations radiating from the rock formations, being knocked down by an invisible force, and a prickly feeling of being watched—leading her to believe there may be truth to the legend of the spirit who guards the canyon. But when Abby’s friends return from vacation, she ignores the sinister warnings—including a slashed tire—and convinces them to camp and hunt fossils in the canyon. But there’s much more to Stone-and-Light Canyon than an ancient legend. And it soon becomes clear that their survival depends on outsmarting not only an invisible and tenacious force, but also a sinister, flesh and blood inhabitant of this eerie world.
Book Bubbles from The Spirit of Stone-and-Light Canyon
The Need to Know
Seventeen-year-old Abby is adventurous, self-assured and, too often, impulsive. On an early summer evening, she finds herself alone in her backyard, bummed and brooding. Her pals Mayumi and Jake are on family vacations while she starts the summer stuck at home—as usual. However, a late-night encounter with her creepy neighbor swiftly puts an end to Abby’s frustrations, when she’s told a chilling legend— “The spirit is real, you know. And he follows all hikers through the canyon—his canyon”—a tale that leads to haunting nightmares. But even the haunting of an ancient spirit doesn’t stop Abby from wanting to find the secret canyon hidden in the rugged New Mexico wilderness. As she told her friends, “She couldn’t explain it, but she needed this adventure.” I wonder how many of us can quiet the subconscious—or conscious—fears, shove on our boots, hit the trail, and kick up some dust of our own.
The Power of Dreams
Abby’s nightmare was triggered by a chilling legend told in the dead of night by her creepy neighbor, Miss Ramos. But was there something deeper within Abby that led to the dream in which she tore through an unknown canyon to elude an invisible pursuer? How often do we wake from a nightmare—or a sweet dream—and wonder from where those images materialized?
