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The Cheshire House
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A collective of authors publishing some short stories mostly set in the same fictional universe. https://thecheshirehouse.wordpress.com Profile and banner by @aristidetwain.bsky.social
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Three of our four series began their lives with debut short stories in Arcbeatle Press's ‘The Book of the Snowstorm’, a special holiday anthology containing many wonderful tales (828 pages worth!). Now, two years later, the ebook is on sale at only 99 cents! Gorgeous cover art by Holly Lucero.
A digital drawing of a small cactus man looking up at a large brown bird with green wings. Crammed bookshelves are behind them, and a white logo at the top says 'Coloth'. At the bottom reads in white all caps 'The Book of the Snowstorm, ed. Aristide Twain'.
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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This whimsical illustration was drawn by the even more whimsical Theta Mandel. The Face of the Unknown - Overture is the prelude to an upcoming Jenny Everywhere story by Aristide Twain. This story shows what happened to Jenny after the events of A World of Pure Unimagination.
A pinkish-purple sky scattered with stars and large planets of different colours, some with rings or craters. A couple suns can be seen, and a lighthouse rises from a multicoloured beach, behind which is a very blue ocean.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Plum Pudding @plumpuddin.bsky.social made the cover and it is the dumping ground (the dumping ground). You will Understand. Soon.
A far-away child standing on a tilted desolate landscape. It is cloudy and grey. In white, at the top of the image, it says “Disparate Minds”, and at the bottom, “Junior”.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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The spooky cover of Hotel Warren, drawn by the talented Newton Locheye!

Hotel Warren is the first novella-length story in The Interstellar Sleuth series, written by series creator Elodie Christian, and edited by Ostara Gale @wyrdvora.bsky.social and Aristide Twain @aristidetwain.bsky.social .
A digital drawing of a brown bay window, as seen from the outisde, with a red neon sign reading “Hotel Warren” in the middle. Behind one of the top window panes is the faint silhouette of a person, with one red eye visible. In the windows below in grey reads “Elodie Christian”, spread between the window panes.
November 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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One of our earliest stories, "My name is SAM", now has lovely new artwork by Newton Locheye!
A rusty metal rover with an outstretched claw grab rolls along a barren dirt landscape.
August 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Wow, is it that time again already? Another couple of months, another few stories for you all to enjoy!

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Yellow smokey rips, like light through the trees, run across black. On the black is faint, partially redacted text, and in the yellow rips is a glimpse of a street. This artwork has “Disparate Minds” written in white at the top, and “This Is The Intent Or, The Monkey Way” at the bottom. A photo edit of lightning illuminating a dream-like forest. A digital illustration of brightly coloured hands hands rising from purple waves, reaching towards falling pieces of blue paper. The hands are webbed, and some grasp leaflets, scrolls, or paper airplanes
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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The Cheshire House is excited to share three new stories from across our ranges; new stories from Zadellin, Disparate Minds, and The Interstellar Sleuth!

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The illustration for "With Love and Rage". A painting of a spired city in the distance, with an orange path leading between it and a hill, at the top of which two grey-robed figures stand, the one on the left looking at the city through a telescope. There are several other hills in the distance, and a bright blue sea is intruding at the edges of the page. A white boat with its mainsail rolled up sits on the sea, seen through fog. Black text reads “Disparate Minds” and “Atoll”. The illustration for "The Court of King Max". A young girl in a red hoodie with blonde hair looks up at a glowing crown, floating above her head. Behind her is a blue sky and some green vegetation.
June 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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One year ago, we released the first batch of stories onto our website. Since then, we've launched 4 series, with 25 releases in total!

So join us today in celebration by reading our special anniversary story — ‘One Year’, by @plumpuddin.bsky.social.

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Standing upright on a red surface is a blue-and-green striped cat, grinning wildly, a fork in one paw and a knife in the other as it prepares to eat a three-layer cake sitting in front of it, with a light ‘1’ shaped blue candle on top
March 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Welcome to 2025, where we have two new stories to share with you all, from the worlds of Disparate Minds and Zadellin!

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The cover of "Makeover", by Plum Pudding. An explosion of pink lighting obscures an audience, whose silhouettes can be seen watching a stage, also obscured. At the top in white letters reads “DISPARATE MINDS”, and at the bottom in white reads “MAKEOVER”. The cover of "Market of the Uncanny", by Theta Mandel. Brightly coloured tents are being swept away by a storm. Objects on a blanket are being lifted into the air as, in the leftmost tent, a pink-haired woman argues with a blue-haired vendor. A blond in a red jacket stands just outside, looking in. At the bottom of the image is the top of a metal fence, spikes reaching up.
March 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Happy Holidays from all of us here at The Cheshire House! Today, we merrily present four stories [1/ ]

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A digital artwork of a huge orange sun against a purple, cloudy sky. A bright pink floral landscape partially blocks the sight of the sun in the right hand corner of the bottom of the piece. A girl with brown hair and a pink coat, pink scarf, and pink bobble-hat looks solemnly at a factory in the distance, standing against a dark, smoke-filled sky on a green hill. On the left, also behind the girl, is another hill on which stands a red bus stop with a sign reading “E-18”. The cover artwork of ‘Little Gifts’, with pine trees nestled in a snowy landscape, with a star-filled sky in the background. At the top in white letters reads “DISPARATE MINDS”, and at the bottom in white reads “LITTLE GIFTS”. A digital drawing of Lotto, a man with brown skin, round spectacles, a grey beard and mustache, a red scarf, coat, and hat, and brown trousers and shoes. He is sitting with his back against the inside of a yellow crescent moon, looking out as stars twinkle across the sky, which is filled with light.
December 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Happy Halloween!

From the worlds of Disparate Minds and Zadellin, The Cheshire House is thrilled to show you two fantastic new releases!

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The cover of ‘Into the Redline’ is tinted red. From inside a dark cave, we look out at mountains behind the silhouette of a man, standing at the mouth of the cave. Cracks are across the whole image, spreading out from the torso of the silhouette. At the top in white letters reads “DISPARATE MINDS”, and at the bottom in white reads “INTO THE REDLINE”. The cover of ‘0rigins’ features, from left to right, Nardeth, Mrellin, and Zerlan, standing against a star-filled blue evening sky. They are all in red Watch uniform with a dark turtleneck and trousers underneath the red tunic. Nardeth has pale skin and dark blond hair while Mrellin, the tallest, has pink hair, tan skin, and is in the front, smiling. Zerlan, who is the shortest, has darker skin and brown hair, and is also smiling. Above them is the series logo: a multicoloured swirl with the word “ZADELLIN” written in black below. At the bottom are two white horizontal lines between which is written “0RIGINS ed. Aristide Twain, Theta Mandel, & Ostara Gale”.
November 1, 2024 at 3:29 AM