Chimera Book 1

Phil Gomm
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Chimera Book 1

Kyp Finnegan is lost in Chimera after running away from the imposters pretending to be his parents. Chimera is as remarkable as it is dangerous - a fantastical world of lost properties in which bowties evolve into butterflies and abandoned sofas transform into snorting herds of soffalos! With the help of Atticus Weft, a sock-snake with a secret, Kyp must evade the clutches of Madame Chartreuse, who is determined to add him to her collection of lost children and imprison him in Chimera forever... Written by Phil Gomm Read by Dan Snelgrove Music by Andrew Fisher Produced by Dan Snelgrove

  1. 04/08/2023

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 21 - The Sin King

    Kyp stepped blinking from the tunnel Cuthbert had described into a vast wilderness of discarded carpets. The carpets were layered in drifts, their colours clashing, and their patterns hectic. The horizon swam and shimmered, but Kyp could just make out the dark smudge of a distant city. He set out towards it. Gritty gusts blew across the hummocks of piled carpets, the wind reeking of cat pee and propelling tumbleweeds of dog hair across the dunes. The ground felt oddly coarse beneath Kyp’s feet; looking down, he saw to his disgust that the carpets were crunchy with toenail clippings and jumping with fleas.

    15 min

  2. 18/03/2022

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 20 - The Flamingo & The Dummy

    Kyp glanced back at Thingopolis, dark clouds hanging above the distant city. He thought about the Berserker running amok, delirious with pleasure as it battered its way through the ruinous streets. He thought about the Tealeaf, its pale body  bright with guzzled Light - and Madame Chartreuse, gliding among the survivors of the Cavalcade, hunting for treasures; hunting for him.

    9 min

  3. 11/08/2021

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 19 - Thingopolis Under Attack!

    ‘Get out of here,’ demanded Circinus. ‘You cannot be found.’ Sir Regulus shook his head. ‘I’m not leaving you.’ ‘You must.’ ‘Whirlitzer must know you survived. It changes everything.’ ‘Which is why you have to go now before you’re discovered.’ ‘He’s coming back!’ said Jamie, looking into the warehouse at the approaching figure of the armchair-ape. ‘Go!’ said Circinus.

    14 min

  4. 13/04/2021

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 18 - The Other Carousel Horse

    Just as it seemed as if they would be pulped against the ceiling, the basket tipped sideways to deposit Kyp and the others down a steep metal chute. They spilled out the other end onto the stone floor of a windowless warehouse, where they were set upon by a legion of penknife beetles. The beetles picked them up and bore them away as ants carry leaves, transporting them up ramps and along suspended gantries. They sorted Kyp and Jamie into a container filled with dolls’ heads and mannequin limbs and left Sir Regulus knee-deep in hubcaps. Bertram was left upside down in a hamper of broken chamber pots.

    13 min

  5. 25/02/2021

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 17 - The Dismantlers

    ‘It’s eating us alive!’ wailed Jamie. ‘No,’ shouted Sir Regulus. ‘We’re being taken through into the bombardment compartments. Brace yourselves!’ The shovelisk made a raucous, revving noise at the base of its long throat. Then, with a sharp, quick flick of its head, it ejected the contents of its mouth. Kyp, Jamie and Sir Regulus hit the ground hard, covering their heads as debris rained down around them. Kyp grimaced as the lifeless body of Polly Honeydew landed close by. Ankle-snatchers lay twitching on their backs.

    9 min

  6. 26/01/2021

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 16 - Return To The Plummet Pit

    ‘Slow down!’ whispered Jamie. ‘There’s no time,’ Kyp whispered back, leading the other boy onwards and upwards through more dank passageways. The dried mud covering their skin was starting to flake, rays of Elsewhere Light flashing from their hands and faces. Desperate metamorphs pursued them. Kyp had another reason for hurrying: the tealeaf’s contagion, the fugue. How long until he forgot about his determination to reunite the Bean twins? How long before he looked upon this other boy with confusion? How long before he became a lacunatic, a stranger even to himself?

    11 min

  7. 06/01/2021

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 15 - Whirlitzer

    ‘Don’t bother with excuses,’ said Whirlitzer, walking further into the Museum Room. ‘I knew your conviction was weakening, Regulus, but I didn’t think you capable of such blatant defiance. I should have known better. This isn’t the first time you’ve betrayed me.’

    9 min

  8. 24/12/2020

    Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 14 - The Souvenir Society

    The metamorphs turned and ran from the cave into a tunnel. The two boys sprinted after them, dodging debris and geysers of stinking water. The tunnel came down behind them, driving them onwards. At last, the violent vibrations ceased and slowing finally, the carousel stallion waited for Kyp and Jamie to catch up. ‘Nobody wants you here,’ it told them, as exhausted, the two boys flopped to their knees. ‘At the very least disguise your Elsewhere Lights. You won’t be safe otherwise.’

    19 min
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Kyp Finnegan is lost in Chimera after running away from the imposters pretending to be his parents. Chimera is as remarkable as it is dangerous - a fantastical world of lost properties in which bowties evolve into butterflies and abandoned sofas transform into snorting herds of soffalos! With the help of Atticus Weft, a sock-snake with a secret, Kyp must evade the clutches of Madame Chartreuse, who is determined to add him to her collection of lost children and imprison him in Chimera forever... Written by Phil Gomm Read by Dan Snelgrove Music by Andrew Fisher Produced by Dan Snelgrove

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  • Creator
    Phil Gomm
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Phil Gomm
  • Show Website
    Chimera Book 1

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