C.W. Allen

Relatively Normal Secrets

Zed and Tuesday's parents have a lot of secrets. When their parents go on a mysterious business trip, they resolve to find the truth. The pair may not have all the answers, but one thing is certain: when it comes to normal, everything is relative.

Tuesday and Zed Furst are perfectly normal children with perfectly strange parents. Their father won’t discuss his job, their mother never leaves the house without her guard dog, and the topic of the family tree is off limits.

When a last minute “business trip” gets the adults out of the way, Zed and Tuesday decide to get to the bottom of things once and for all. Too bad some thugs with shape-shifting weapons have other ideas. Their escape leaves them trapped in the modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim, where everyone insists their father is a disgraced fugitive. They hope whoever is leaving them coded clues may have some answers, but they’re not sure they’re going to like what they learn.

If they ever want to see their parents again, they’ll need the help of a smuggler with a broken compass, their unusually talented dog, some extremely organized bandits, and a selection of suspiciously misquoted nursery rhymes.

Zed and Tuesday may not have all the answers, but one thing is certain—when it comes to normal, everything is relative.

Coming Tuesday, September 7, 2021 by Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

Cover by MiblArt

ISBN: 978-1-953971-12-8 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-14-2 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-13-5 (EPUB)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-15-9 (Audiobook)

C.W. Allen

The Secret Benefits of Invisibility

(16th Annual Whitney Award Nominee)

Zed and Tuesday were just starting to get settled in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim, but now mysterious enemies have invaded the Resistance base. With the adults trapped inside, it's up to the kids to rescue their families—and figure out how to free the rest of Falinnheim once and for all.

For Zed and Tuesday, adjusting to life in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim means normal is relative. Lots of kids deal with moving, starting new schools, and doing chores. But normally, those schools aren’t in underground bunkers full of secret agents, and the chore list doesn’t involve herding dodos. The one thing that hasn’t changed: all the adults treat them like they’re invisible.

When a security breach interrupts a school field trip, the siblings find themselves locked out of the Resistance base. With the adults trapped inside, it’s up to Tuesday, Zed, and their friends to save the day. And for once, being ignored and underestimated is coming in handy. After all, who would suspect a bunch of kids are capable of taking down the intruders that captured their families, let alone the murderous dictator that put them into hiding in the first place?

Turns out invisibility might just have its benefits.

Coming Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

Cover by Ira Geneve

ISBN: 978-1-953971-47-0 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-48-7 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-49-4 (EPUB)

C.W. Allen

Tales of the Forgotten Founders

Secrets lurk inside the walls of Falinnheim’s palace. Hidden passages and forbidden books reveal the truth. To chart their future, two siblings look to the past. The stories of a reluctant viking, a runaway monk, a silent ambassador, and a rebel librarian hold the key.

Zed and Tuesday ought to be living the good life. After all, it’s not every day two kids take down an evil dictator and their mom gets put in charge of an entire dimension. But after moving into Falinnheim’s palace, they learn that life as royalty isn’t as carefree as they’d imagined.

 

Mysterious hidden passages aren’t the only secrets lurking within the palace walls. When the siblings discover a stash of banned books, they realize everything they’ve been told about Falinnheim’s history might be a lie. And though contact between worlds has been cut off for centuries, returning home might not be as impossible as their parents claim.

Could the adventures of a runaway monk, a reluctant viking, a silent ambassador, and a rebel librarian hold the solutions to both problems? To find the truth, Tuesday and Zed will have to learn the stories of Falinnheim’s forgotten founders.

Coming Tuesday, June 6, 2023 by Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC

Cover by Ira Geneve

ISBN: 978-1-953971-75-3 (Paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-76-0 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-953971-77-7 (EPUB)