Detached Book

  Fan art for "Field Day" from Detached by Beth J Whiting (just for fun, not an illustration for the book) STORY EXCERPT: She insisted on going on the carousel. “ What age are you? Five? Only little kids go on that.” She ignored him and enjoyed an enchanting ride. He bought them cotton candy and then went on about how she had never lived life before. “ You’ve always been caught up in books. I bet you’ve never seen anything interesting before in your life.” “ Oh yeah? I have a secret but you have to promise to keep it a secret.” As they journeyed into the forest, Fred complained that his feet hurt. Visit our Kickstarter campaign to reserve your copy! Elsewhere on Kickstarter : After his little sister vanishes before his eyes, Kellen awakens in another realm inhabited by mythical creatures and people who shape the very forces of nature. These are the Beastcallers, wielders of elemental magics who ascend alongside their beast companions. In search of his sister, Kell...

  Fan Art by Roger Whiting for "Mr Sawyer's Brain" in Detached (not an actual illustration for the book) STORY EXCERPT: Mr. Sawyer needed to rest his body so he took his brain out on the front porch. After resting he returned to get it back and saw that it had disappeared. He asked his neighbor across the street if she saw anything. His neighbor was an elderly person like himself. She was rocking in her chair, crocheting. “ I saw some kids who were playing soccer take it with them. They were kicking it around.” “ WHAT?!” He yelled. Read more by reserving your copy on Kickstarter !

Fan sketch by Roger Whiting (just for fun, not to be used as illustration in the book :) STORY EXCERPT: The boy wondered how he could get Beverly’s attention. At first he thought he would write a love letter from every guy in town but that seemed mundane. Instead he made up Milton McFur. The letter began: Dear Beverly, I’m a lonely mail clerk who lives in this town. I fell in love with you one day when you sent out a package. There is something so phenomenally sweet about you. You have such dazzling yellow hair. I hope we can strike up a correspondence. Love, Milton McFur Read more on our Kickstarter Page and help fund the first printing!

Fan art by Roger Whiting for story "Gertie and the Zombies" from Detached (art not for publication in the book, just for fun :)   STORY EXCERPT: Gertie was taken back by a human talking to her. “I think Frank Sinatra didn’t have his persona yet. It was his first movie. I liked Gloria DeHaven though” “ Yes. Gloria was a wonderful actress.” He thought about asking her out for blood and coffee next door. Instead he waved to her as he swiftly walked out the door. When Oliver came home he told his mother, “I think I have a crush on a girl. I met her in the theatre.” “ That’s nice.” Visit our Kickstarter page to reserve your copy!

Fan art by Roger Whiting for story "Fish" from Detached (art not for publication in the book, just for fun :) STORY EXCERPT: “ To be able to breathe underwater. Wow. I’d probably be top of the swimming team. I’m a lousy swimmer though.” She stood there looking around at how empty the place was, “Is the place like this after 3? I mean is it always this desolate?” “ Yeah.” “ Good. I might come again if you would enjoy the company.” He didn’t say anything. Taylor decided that it meant he wasn’t sure about this yet. Visit out Kickstarter page to reserve your copy!

  Fan art by Roger Whiting  for story "The Brain" from upcoming book Detached (not for publication in the book, just for fun :) THE BRAIN (Excerpt): “ This is one place where the brains meet. It’s a restaurant called The More.” It looked like an Italian restaurant. It was painted red. There were small still-life paintings of fruit displayed on the walls. Brains were seated all around eating spaghetti. Napkins were hanging off their brain stems. Claire found one brain with a fork stuck in it. She asked the secretary about that one. “ That one just got a bit frustrated. Some wait so long for their owners they just go berserk.” “ Well they look like they have appetites, but none of them look like mine.” Visit the Kickstarter page and reserve a copy! :)

THANK YOU FOR AN AWESOME FIRST DAY OF FUNDING! I am setting up this blog for those who have supported the Kickstarter, or who are thinking of doing so, to give a deeper look at the book, and maybe to even have a bit more of a discussion and input as to how the project progresses. There are 30 days in the project, and 30 stories in the compilation, so for each day I plan to post one fan sketch (just for fun, not to be used as illustration in the book) , along with an excerpt from one of the stories.   Today's story: JEALOUS OF A TREE   Fan Sketch by Roger Whiting :) EXCERPT: Her eyes awoke from a state of slumber. A brown curl fell on her face. She looked drowsy and a bit confused. Her face looked unappealing, mushed up. “ What are you doing?” She rubbed her eyes and opened them wide. “ Protecting the tree.” “ It has to go. Otherwise it will poison the other trees around here. You know that.” He didn’t really care one way or the other. She was just embarrassing him. ” ...