The Wordsmith

by Sheila Scobba Banning

In a world where language has been muted and most communication is accomplished through projected holograms, one boy chooses to challenge his mandatory career assignment. His quest to bring back the title Wordsmith lands him in the middle of a battle between the Engineers and the Speaker's religious cult, triggering revolution and placing his own life on the line.

85 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 19, 2014

About the author

Sheila Scobba Banning lives in California with her husband, sons and menagerie of pets. Her award-winning short fiction and personal essays have appeared in New West, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, NYCMidnight, Rosebud, The Tab, Ephemera, and her own collection Intersections. Her first novel, Terroir, is now available. Sheila creates fascinators and outlandish hats, throws fabulous parties, wears vintage dresses, and laughs until she cries every day. Her superpower is catalysis. Learn more at www.scobba.com.