Guest Author - Lucinda Moriarty

Plight: a dilemma. A predicament. A situation described as full of difficulty.

What happens when a Discovery Team of Explorers stumbles upon illustrations depicting the evolution of a new species? Where did this new species come from? What were their lives like? Micah Linton knows. He has written and illustrated a group of books dedicated to telling the story of the Weebeasts. Weebeasts are a fictional species who, much like human beings, learn big lessons by making mistakes.

If you are not familiar with Weebeastology, Weebeasts are akin to trolls or gremlins. Their noggins are cone-shaped; their bodies are very human-like with legs, arms, bellybuttons and bottoms. The Weebeasts are clever creatures. They are always smiling and seem to spend much of their time playing, hunting, climbing and inventing things.

“Plight” is the newest offering by Linton and in it the Weebeasts face a very painful dilemma brought on by their own unfortunate actions. You see, the Weebeasts make the mistake of not being nice to their neighbors. As a consequence, the Weebeasts are forced to leave their beloved home and must search for a new place to live. And the journey is not an easy one.

When they cannot find a new place to call home, they have to stretch their imaginations and use their ingenuity to invent flying machines and other forms of transportation so that they may travel farther and farther.

Ultimately, the Weebeasts are invited to a new land where they are allowed to live if they promise to be nice to the others in the community. The Weebeasts welcome this chance and celebrate – very nicely – in their new homeland with their new neighbors.

In “Plight,” an intriguing characteristic of the Weebeasts emerges. They realize what they did was wrong, and they actually grow from their mistake. Through their punishment they advance as a species reinforcing that mistakes happen, but they also offer an opportunity to start anew.

Micah Linton has been writing, illustrating and marketing the Weebeasts books for the last three years. His illustrations are colorfully created in pencil and watercolors. Other Weebeast books include “Origins,” and “Weebeastology.”

You can purchase the Weebeasts books at several retailers throughout the world and from Amazon.com through the link provided below.