About the Author

  Abigail Hilton is a traveling nurse anesthetist, based in Florida. She owns 3 cats—all veteran travelers, who’ve been x-rayed on various occasions by the TSA. She has spent time in veterinary school and done graduate work in literature. You can connect with Abbie on Facebook, Twitter, or her blog at abigailhilton.com. You can also send her email at [email protected]

  Artists and the Hardcover Art Book

   Sarah Cloutier is a graduate student at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She has been creating illustrations for Cowry Catchers since 2007. She painted all but one of the interior illustrations for this book, as well as the graphic of shelt species.

  GreenSprite is a Romanian artist who has been creating illustrations for Cowry Catchers since mid-2009. She created the character portraits.

  The maps and cover design were created by Jeff McDowall, a graphic artist living in Orlando, Florida.

  Kirgetova Tatiana is a Russian artist. She created one of the illustrations: Real Conversation.

  In March of 2015, these illustrations, as well as a number of unique new illustrations, were released in a beautiful hardcover book called The Art of Cowry Catchers. The physical book can be found in the usual places. Digital copies of the book are available from Abbie’s website, and signed copies can also be purchased there on occasion. The paperdolls from the art book can also be purchased there separately. Check www.abigailhilton.com for details.

  Glossary

  blue month: one cycle of blue moon, usually 30 to 90 days.

  canid: any creature in the canine family, either two-legged or four-legged, including canine-type shelts, such as foxlings.

  cowry catchers: manatee shelts.

  fauns: shelts with hooves.

  felid: any creature in the cat family, either two-legged or four-legged, including cat-type shelts, such as grishnards.

  nauns: shelts with neither hooves nor paws, e.g. manatee shelts and seal shelts.

  panauns: shelts with paws.

  red month: one cycle of red moon, about 60 days.

  shelt: a two-legged creature having a humanoid body from the waist up and resembling some kind of animal from the waist down. Shelts have pointed, tufted ears.

  watch: a period of time approximately four hours long. Shelts count four watches for the day and two watches for the night.

  yellow month: one cycle of yellow moon, about 15 days.

  Shelt species of Wefrivain

  (A graphic version is also included.)

  Panauns

  grishnards – griffin shelts

  ocelons – ocelot shelts

  leopons – leopard shelts

  leons – lion shelts

  foxlings – fox shelts

  hunti – hyena shelts

  Fauns

  shavier – pegasus shelts

  zeds – zebra shelts

  gazumelle – gazelle shelts

  Nauns

  cowry catchers – manatee shelts

  selkies – seal shelts

  Special thanks to the people who read this book as I wrote it.

  Amy

  Anita

  Hughes

  Jeff

  Mistie

  Molly

  Patsy

  Books by Abigail Hilton

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  Storm

  Arcove

  Keesha

  Teek

  Treace

  The Prophet of Panamindorah

  Fauns and Filinians

  Wolflings and Wizards

  Fire and Flood

  The Guild of the Cowry Catchers

  Embers, Illustrated

  Flames, Illustrated

  Ashes, Illustrated

  Out of the Ashes, Illustrated

  Shores Beyond the World, Illustrated

  The Complete Series (Not Illustrated)

  Eve and Malachi, Illustrated Children’s Chapter Books

  Feeding Malachi

  Malachi and the Ghost Kitten

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  Crossroads: Short Stories from Panamindorah, Volume 1

  Secret Things: Short Stories from Panamindorah, Volume 2

 

  Table of Contents

  Shelt Species of Wefrivain - Graphic

  Chapter 1. The Captain of Police

  Chapter 2. The Minstrel

  Chapter 3. The Prisoners

  Chapter 4. A Dead Shelt’s List

  Chapter 5. A Traitor and A Child

  Chapter 6. Mystique

  Chapter 7. Insult and Injury

  Chapter 8. Reprimand

  Chapter 9. Mine

  Chapter 10. Silveo Gives Advice

  Chapter 11. Ocelon Town

  Chapter 12. The Contents of a Warehouse

  Chapter 13. Tea with Flag

  Chapter 14. Flirtation and Chocolate

  Chapter 15. More Talking

  Chapter 16. Lost Ground

  Chapter 17. Aftermath

  Chapter 18. Maps and a Library

  Chapter 19. What Happened in a Closet

  Chapter 20. A Knife and a Rope

  Chapter 21. Home Waters

  Chapter 22. A Local Guide

  Chapter 23. A Debate about Choices

  Chapter 24. Port Holovarus

  Chapter 25. Shinies and Lord Holovar

  Chapter 26. Thank You

  Chapter 27. The Meerkat

  Chapter 28. A Picnic

  Chapter 29. A Sad Story

  Chapter 30. Mance

  Chapter 31. Missing

  Chapter 32. Final Warning

  The End

  Map

  The Characters

  About the Author

  Artists and Hardcover Art Book

  Glossary

  Shelt species of Wefrivain - Text

  Other Books

 
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