Girl Who Made a Mouse from Her Grandfather's Whiskers: A Novella

Kenneth Hunter Gordon

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Girl Who Made a Mouse from Her Grandfather's Whiskers: A Novella

Girl Who Made a Mouse from Her Grandfather's Whiskers: A Novella

Kenneth Hunter Gordon

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Description

In a distant future, a little girl named Anny makes toy mice out of scraps and dust. Anny has never seen a real mouse, just as she's never seen the planet her family came from many generations ago. All she knows is her home, Tsedt: an isolated village of human colonists' descendants and their friendly helper robots.

But then one day the Amau arrive in Tsedt: plastic people with luminous eyes, intent on taking young humans to the distant city of Harbor to be educated. It's not long before Anny is flown away to a place unlike any she's seen before.

About the Author

Kenneth Hunter Gordon answers to "Kenny," generally, and only pulls out the Big Name when no other option is available. He feels like a little kid much of the time, and thinks that might be his superpower. He is a musician as well as a writer, and takes the same approach to both, to wit: it's gotta swing. He lives in Salt Lake City with his family. Prior to that he lived in Los Angeles and saw fires and floods and earthquakes and riots. Any day you're not driving home from work between pillars of smoke is a good day.

Critical Reviews

"A small, strange, beautiful thing inhabiting a liminal space between sci-fi and parable."--Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7

"With simple language and seamless worldbuilding, Kenneth Hunter Gordon weaves a daunting tale of human survival."--Carole Stivers, author of The Mother Code

"Like all the best fairy tales, [The Girl Who Made a Mouse From Her Grandfather's Whiskers] is darkly subversive and sneakily wise."--Julianne Pachico, author of Jungle House

"Kenneth Hunter Gordon weaves a science fiction fantasy fable into a heartfelt tale that would please the Brothers Grimm."--Johnny Worthen, best-selling author of The Unseen trilogy, Things Bequeathed and the Coronam Trilogy

"Gordon has constructed a narrative that is by turns warm, frightening, and magical."--Jessica Lévai, author of The Glass Garden

Praise for One Bronze Knuckle

"Joyously unclassifiable."--Andy Duncan, award-winning author of An Agent of Utopia

"Gordon's charming story . . . tells a familiar tale that is wonderfully fun. He skips and dances through the language in a Prachettian way that is heavy on the humor but light on the satire."--Adrienne Martini for Locus Magazine

"One Bronze Knuckle is a journey to be taken by relishing the descriptions of the people, places, and events."--Guild Master Gaming

Publishing Information

Publisher: Lanternfish Press
Pub date: 2026-03-17
Length: 160 pages

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