Welcome
to another Saturday of Science Fiction & Fantasy and read snippets exchanged
by several writers. http://scififansat.blogspot.com/
This
week, I have a snippet from a superhero WIP set in the fictional university
city of Oxenford. Excuse the slightly altered punctuation to fit into the 15
line limit.
The
scene started last week. The final sentence was:
A dark form, like the elongated
figure of a man, clambered over the arched entrance to the church.
The whole snippet can be read here:
http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2015/11/supergirl-snippet-for-sffsat.html
“I’ll go for help,” Estelle
said. She had get out of sight and switch to Super Starrella. Estelle sprinted around
the corner and dived into the shadows.
“Rockette!” she sent the mental summons. Running her fingers along
the label of her costume, she changed the nanofabric to the invisible setting
and rolled the mask over her head. She raced back to the church where the
creature still clung on the wall like an ugly ornament. Starrella looked
around. Where was Rockette? She couldn’t climb a vertical wall after that weird
creature; she would have to ride on the winged mare.
“I’m here. Standing right next to you,” Rockette whinnied in her
head. “Shucks, these invisible costumes
are great; I can’t even see myself.”
Revolving in a semi-circle,
Estelle touched a warm neck and ran her fingers down the mare’s body to the
saddle. She pulled herself onto the broad back and scrambled into the saddle. “Let’s fly!”
I am happy to
announce I have completed the Grand Master’s Trilogy. It is the longest series I have written to date. Book 3, Grand Master’s
Mate, is available for pre-order and releases on 9th December.
To celebrate, Book 1 is FREE this weekend at international link
Your comments are
welcome as always.
So often superheroes "transform" without any explanation of what they do or how it happens - it's effectively just hand-waved magic. I like the fact that Estelle's transformation actually has a logical structure.
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