The Sinister Second: A Quirky Collection of Novelettes - Newman, Dannal J.
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It was on a bitterly foggy and misty morning that I met my friend, Theophilus Grim, at a desolate, crooked cobblestone street called Backbone Lane, which was located in the Whitechapel district of London. The worst kinds of common lodging houses and rookeries crowded the dirty, narrow street, accommodating a good number of London's most unfortunate and despondent souls ... The adventure continues as Professor Grim unveils more incredible inventions, and the mysterious, tarpaulin-covered project in Grim's hangar room is finally revealed. The brewing conflict with Grim's greatest nemesis, Count…mehr

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It was on a bitterly foggy and misty morning that I met my friend, Theophilus Grim, at a desolate, crooked cobblestone street called Backbone Lane, which was located in the Whitechapel district of London. The worst kinds of common lodging houses and rookeries crowded the dirty, narrow street, accommodating a good number of London's most unfortunate and despondent souls ... The adventure continues as Professor Grim unveils more incredible inventions, and the mysterious, tarpaulin-covered project in Grim's hangar room is finally revealed. The brewing conflict with Grim's greatest nemesis, Count Papineau, boils over in a shocking ending in this, The Second Collection of adventuresome novelettes in The Trying Tales of Chumbles & Grim series. Great for ages twelve and up. The Second Collection includes the following novelettes from The Trying Tales of Chumbles & Grim series: - Theophilus Grim and the Infernal Chill of August - Theophilus Grim Flirts With Udder Madness - Theophilus Grim and L'affaire de Coeur - Theophilus Grim and the Carriage of Justice - Theophilus Grim Dives Two Fathoms Under the Thames - Theophilus Grim and the Font of Reckoning The Trying Tales of Chumbles & Grim The Trying Tales of Chumbles & Grim is a fast-paced series of entertaining novelettes packed with Victorian era mayhem and clever contraptions, with a dose of steampunk and mad science thrown in. Sometimes mysterious, sometimes a bit scary, these short stories for kids are always sure to delight. Great fun for ages twelve and up. Professor Theophilus Grim is a clever scientist and inventor who dreams of making the world a better place through his many inventions and various concoctions. The trouble is, every invention he makes has a way of blowing up, or catching him on fire. F. Walter Chumbles, Grim's best friend, is a disgraced former surgeon with a bone saw, a surgeon's bag, and a penchant for Scotch whiskey and declaring Grim dead. Together, the two engage in a series of delightful adventures sure to make your day a bit more fun.
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Dannal J. Newman has more fun than should be allowed writing The Trying Tales of Chumbles & Grim. He has been writing fiction and studying the craft of writing for at least twenty years, and he loves reading all kinds of adventuresome and mysterious fiction. Dannal currently lives in southern Oregon with his wife and two kids, where he works in Television.