In pre-Columbian North America, a drought forces two feuding tribes to work together. When Selu refuses to make nice, the chiefs conspire to get rid of her and her most hated rival, Kanati, by sending them running together. From competition grows respect, and from respect grows something neither could have imagined. Selu the Runner uses elements of historic Cherokee culture in a North Carolina fairy tale. Selu the Runner pen and ink; digital color completed, self-published 36 B/W pages