http://www.stevefinegan.com/category/into-the-mist/silver-hand/ Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:12:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 A fantasy novel for young adults and up. Beta version. Podcast in 19 episodes. Read by the author. In the woods behind the park ... buried beneath the ground ... a secret waits. Thirteen-year-old Gabe Wrenn has always taken refuge in his imagination. Refuge from his hovering mom and bullying brother. Refuge from the smirks and stares of his classmates. Refuge from his epilepsy. But now his imagination seems to be running wild. And he can’t stop it. And the only person Gabe can confide in is a girl who thinks his "weird brain" is the key to unlocking the secret of the Brynmor Witch. Prepare to embark on an adventure into the misty, shifting boundary zone between fantasy and reality. “A pleasure to read. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Wanted more.” – Marc Mohan of The Oregonian “Delightful, captivating, and fascinating…this book is just special, and I highly recommend it.” – Mallory Heart Reviews "Steve Finegan paints amazing word pictures...'Into the Mist: Silver Hand' reminded me a lot of 'The Dark Is Rising' by Susan Cooper...a thoroughly enjoyable book." – Maria M. Elmvang, Goodreads Review Steve Finegan no stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan) Copyright © 2012 A fantasy novel for young adults and up. Podcast in 19 episodes. Read by the author. http://www.stevefinegan.com/images/SHRSS.jpg http://www.stevefinegan.com/category/into-the-mist/silver-hand/ Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YAstevef@easystreet.netSteve Finegan http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-19/ Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:00:29 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2943 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 19 In Episode 19: The Raven Women, wielding razor-sharp teeth and talons, come for Mabon. There is no escaping them... Steve Finegan clean 21:35 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-18/ Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:00:50 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2778 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 18 In Episode 18: In the wake of a disastrous fratricidal battle and the attempted assassination of the King by his own brother-in-law, Mabon steps up to offer himself as a blood sacrifice to Badb, believing this deed is required of him to save Elfyth from the massed host of the Grayman of Arawn, even now advancing on Modron’s Seat. Thus he is lashed to the Badb’s Stone and left to await his fate. Steve Finegan clean 32:07 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-17/ Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:00:10 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2731 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 17 In Episode 17: In the Otherworld, Mabon is joined by Corvus and they hurry through the hollow hill to find Elfyth in the grip of a furious winter storm, the work of the Grayman. After learning that Goewyn is to be made a blood sacrifice to Badb in a last-ditch effort to stave off the Grayman’s assault, Mabon leads the King and Merlyn to her rescue. But Evnyssian and Cerridwen resist, and a bloody battle ensues. Steve Finegan clean 35:07 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-16/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:00:02 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2673 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 16 In Episode 16: A mob of kids, led by Alex, corners Gabe before he can escape into The Woods, where he hopes Ellie is waiting with the silver box. Alex wields a baseball bat and calls for Gabe’s blood. But Sam appears out of nowhere and rushes to his brother’s defense. Sirens wail. Adults shout. Kids peel off from the mob. With his advantage slipping away, Alex clubs down Sam and rushes at Gabe who manages to slip into The Woods. Ellie is waiting! But Alex follows, and the two boys are headed for a showdown in the clearing. Steve Finegan clean 35:14 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-15/ Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:00:58 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2442 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 15 In Episode 15: Beyond giddy and hardly believing his luck, Gabe finds himself dancing with the beautiful Rachel at her Halloween party. But things quickly take a nasty turn when Rachel lures Gabe into a bedroom to make out, then screams for help. Alex and the rest of the kids come running, and Gabe is forced to flee. Now he realizes that he’s not only been tricked, but he’s let Ellie down and broken his oath to save Elfyth from the Grayman. Worse, he’s rocked by a vision of Goewyn paying in blood for his mistake. Steve Finegan clean 34:20 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-14/ Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:00:54 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2324 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 14 IIn Episode 14: After Gabe turns the tables on Alex and Wombat, Rachel Lovet, the hottest girl in Brynmor Junior High, insists that he come to her Halloween party. Giddy, Gabe says he’ll come, even though he risks being late for his rendezvous with Ellie in The Woods to welcome the new moon with the silver box, a meeting both Gabe and Ellie hope will return him to Elfyth to fulfill his oath. But there’s something about Rachel – Gabe just can’t say no to her. Steve Finegan clean 35:18 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-13/ Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:00:07 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2130 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 13 In Episode 13: When the silver box fails to return Gabe to Elfyth, he turns to his sketchpad. But inspiration fails, and the blank page is like a curtain of mist blocking his window onto events rapidly unfolding in Elfyth. To make matters worse, Gabe discovers that Dad is heading up a project to build a recreation center...where The Woods stand. The oak trees are coming down! Distracted, Gabe and Ellie walk straight into a trap set by Alex and Wombat. Steve Finegan clean 35:29 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-12/ Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:17 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2015 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 12 In Episode 12: In the aftermath of Gabe's showdown with Mom, he feels emotionally drained and more out of synch with his everyday world than ever. But to his surprise, Mom backs off and even lets him hang out with Ellie until dinner. When Gabe and Ellie discover that The Woods is completely fenced off, they break in only to discover that the silver box will not return Gabe to Elfyth. But Ellie’s got a plan to return on Halloween night and try again. It’s their only chance. Steve Finegan clean 34:15 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-11/ Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:00:15 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=2010 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 11 In Episode 11: After vowing to save Elfyth from disaster and death at the hands of the Grayman, Gabe wakes up in the morning to find Mom looming over him, frowning at his nest of sketchpads and pencil shavings. The moment he takes in her worried, overwrought expression, Gabe understands just how close he is to realizing his worst fears of medication and surgery. Even so, he can’t hold back the flood of words that will seal his fate. Steve Finegan clean 33:26 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-10/ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:00:16 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=1740 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 10 In Episode 10: Hunched over his sketchpad late at night, Gabe is drawn deeply into the story world of his new characters. At last, crossing into some boundary zone between waking and dreaming, he enters this world as Mabon son of Modron and learns that he has been summoned to the rugged land of Elfyth to save Bran, Merlyn, Goewyn and all of the people there from a fate worse than death at the hands of a merciless enemy called the Grayman of Arawn. Steve Finegan clean 37:30 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-9/ Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:00:32 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=1625 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 9 In Episode 9: Gabe returns to his world to discover that Ellie, terrified by an evil presence from the well, has accidentally brought him back before Mabon can undertake to help the people who have summoned him. Ellie returns the box to hiding. Meanwhile, Gabe sneaks back into his house and bests Sam in a fight for the very first time. Sam threatens to tell Mom what Gabe has been up to. Now Gabe faces being grounded...and worse. Feeling strange and out of synch, he sits up late into the night working in his sketchpad. Again, his pencil conjures up the strange new cast of characters. Steve Finegan clean 34:31 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-8/ Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:00:20 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=1407 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 8 In Episode 8: Gabe is overtaken by a mysterious mist and awakens in another world to find he is Mabon son of the Goddess Modron. He meets Corvus who declares himself Mabon’s servant and confirms that Mabon has been summoned to help a people he does not know. But first he must bring down the guardian of the spring – a killer boar. Steve Finegan clean 37:04 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand%e2%80%93episode-7/ Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:20:36 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=1314 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 7 In Episode 7: Gabe risks everything by sneaking out of the house at dusk to rendezvous with Ellie. They make for The Woods with the silver box. Gabe opens the now glowing box in the clearing, in the shadow of the witch's cross, and is amazed by what he finds inside. He's even more amazed by what happens next. Steve Finegan clean 38:13 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand%e2%80%93episode-6/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:00:50 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=727 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 6 In Episode 6: Gabe has a mild seizure at school, then runs afoul of the two biggest, baddest bullies at Brynmor Junior High. Later, Gabe's new doctor prescribes medication to control his seizures and even hints at surgery. Mom places her trust in the doctor, but Dad's having none of it. Gabe feels his life spinning out of control. Steve Finegan clean 33:37 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand%e2%80%93episode-5/ Mon, 30 May 2011 01:38:30 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=686 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 5 In Episode 5: Mom hovers over Gabe, forcing him to wait to open the mysterious silver box he and Ellie found hidden down a well in The Woods. On Monday, Gabe’s first day at his new school takes a nasty turn. Steve Finegan clean 31:43 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-4/ Sun, 22 May 2011 05:30:34 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=653 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 4 In Episode 4: Gabe's plan to spend the day with Dad is thrown over when Ellie reveals that something extraordinary happened in The Woods overnight. Together they go there, and Gabe discovers a previously buried treasure. Steve Finegan clean 40:36 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-3/ Sun, 15 May 2011 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=573 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand:Episode 3 In Episode 3: Gabe's haunted by his "seizure" and by Ellie's revelations about the Brynmor Witch and more. That night, he goes to work on a Corvus story, but draws a strange, unfamiliar new cast of characters instead. Steve Finegan clean 37:48 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-2/ http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-2/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 13:00:19 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=554 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-2/feed/ 3 Silver Hand: Episode 2 In Episode 2: Ellie, the impulsive girl next door, introduces Gabe to The Woods where he comes face-to-face with Lord Corvus. Certain this “hallucination” was the result of a seizure, Gabe reluctantly tells Ellie he has temporal lobe epilepsy. Will it cost him his new friend? Steve Finegan clean 35:09 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA http://www.stevefinegan.com/silver-hand-episode-1/ Sun, 01 May 2011 16:00:14 +0000 http://www.stevefinegan.com/?p=42 Music by permission http://www.rogersubirana.com/ … Read more

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]]> Silver Hand: Episode 1 In Episode 1: Gabe works on his graphic novel creation Lord Corvus, dreading Monday when he’ll be the new kid at school. He has good reason to worry. Meanwhile...Mom, a hovering “helicopter parent,” fiercely protects Gabe, her baby. Sam, Gabe’s jealous older brother, relentlessly bullies him. And good old Dad just tries to keep the peace. Steve Finegan clean 35:29 stevef@easystreet.net (Steve Finegan)Epilepsy,Fantasy,Adventure,Mystery,Romance,Celtic,Disability,Family,Urban,Fantasy,YA