Bringing it all together in one post for your listening pleasure… Presenting the complete audio book adaptation of 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 and produced by Dan Snelgrove, music by Andrew Fisher


Chapter 1: The Mum & Dad Who Weren’t

Chapter 2: The Tentacle & The Tea-Tray Bridge

Chapter 3: The Talking Snake

Chapter 4: The Oblivion Three

Chapter 5: The Elsewhere Light

Chapter 6: The Mannequin

Chapter 7: The Bedrock Catacombs

Chapter 8: The Moppet-Drover

Chapter 9: Captain Toothache & The Silver Locket

Chapter 10: Caramels and Coconut Cracknel

Chapter 11: The Boy In The School Uniform

Chapter 12: The Phwat-Gnocks Oligarchy

Chapter 13: The Plummet Pit

Chapter 14: The Souvenir Society

Chapter 15: Whirlitzer

Chapter 16: Return To The Plummet Pit

Chapter 17: The Dismantlers

Chapter 18: The Other Carousel Horse

Chapter 19: Thingopolis Under Attack

Chapter 20: The Flamingo & The Dummy

Chapter 21: The Sin King


Of course, it’s my wish-dream that I can work with Dan to adapt the second and third books in the Chimera trilogy into audio books. For that, dear friends, I’m going to ‘need a bigger boat’ – or rather an actual budget.



4 responses to “Chimera Book 1 – Complete”

  1. Congrats on getting this project finished Dan and Phil! I shall be listening and revisiting the world of Chimera from the start with a cup of tea as I edit and draw – perfect for this shite weather we are having!

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    1. Thanks Graeme – yes, it feels very satisfying to have the whole experience ‘Snelgroved’ – he’s a one-man character machine!

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  2. […] A few weeks back I was very satisfied to announce that Dan Snelgove and I had completed the audio adaptation of my children’s adventure Chimera, but Dan wasn’t my only collaborator in terms of bringing this project to life. Berlin-based artist, Phil Cooper travelled with us into the story’s fantastical world of lost properties and strange vistas, producing a series of accompanying paintings inspired by events in the narrative. It gives me great pleasure to bring all of Phil’s paintings together in a celebratory collection – and just look at them pop! You can read more about the project here and listen to Phil and I having a creative chinwag at the outset. […]

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  3. […] to my blog will know that Chimera Book 1 exists as a complete audio book—a collaboration with the actor Dan Snelgrove, the creative development of which I archived on […]

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