cecelia's blues music can raise the dead. literally.
The summer she turned twelve and her parents split up, Cecelia’s grandpa taught her everything he knew about slide guitar and necromancy. The summer she turned thirteen, Grandpa John was gone forever. And thanks to her out-of-control magic, she couldn’t even go to his funeral.
As the Slumber family’s last living mage, Cecelia joins a team of paleontologists to tie up her grandpa’s unfinished business—resurrecting Texan dinosaurs in the name of science.
With each new fossil comes another chance to lose a finger. Or maybe a whole arm. But it isn’t until Cecelia breaks her family’s most serious magic rule that she realizes just how dangerous her power can be.
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Cecelia and the Living Fossils is an ongoing story.
A new chapter comes out every Sunday. It can be read here or on Wattpad.
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real dinosaurs
Cecelia and the Living Fossils features prehistoric animals from early Cretaceous Texas. Each one is described based on what science currently tells us about how these animals looked and behaved.
Sometimes, I have to describe things about an animal that paleontologists may not know yet. In that case, I try to make creative but believable decisions rooted in what we do know.
Each month, I release Cecelia: Unearthed, a family-friendly science article about each dinosaur in the serial.
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evolving discoveries
Every year, paleontologists uncover new information that changes how we think about dinosaurs, their lives, and their world. I want Cecelia and the Living Fossils to keep up with that research.
Publishing this story online means that I can make changes, so occasionally, I’ll release a new version of the story with updated dinosaurs. These could be small changes to a few words in a description, or big changes that alter how the chapter plays out. It all depends on what we learn in the future!
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