Welcome
to another Saturday of Science Fiction & Fantasy and read snippets
exchanged by several writers. http://scififansat.blogspot.com/
Today, I’ll continue
the first chapter of my WIP, a young adult, superhero romance. The story is set
in the fictional city of Atalanta, a sunnier, southern version of Gotham City.
(Punctuation altered to fit.) You can read last week’s snippet here - http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2016/01/superhero-mystery-snippet-from-wip-for.html
Inspector Parkins nodded, “I’ll
wait for the report from Pathology.” He crouched on one knee to examine the corpse.
Her skin was flaccid and dry; blood had gushed from her neck, leaving red
streaks on her pink shirt. He did not bother to touch the body. The skin
temperature would hold no clues in the sultry heat of the Atalanta summer.
Parkins grimaced. The irregular gash across her throat was horribly familiar.
Glancing at the officer, he
noted the name on his badge, “Look at her neck, Trooper Cagle. Seen anything
like it before?”
With a grunt to acknowledge the
Inspector’s request, Cagle leaned over the body and frowned, “It’s strange, now
you mention it. I didn’t notice at first. The cut appears to have been made by
a weapon with a serrated edge. I’ve never seen a knife with serrations like
that.” He stared at the Inspector in alarm and whispered, “What is it?”
Your comments are
welcome as always.
My science
fiction story, The Lady is Blue, will be FREE from 15-19th.
Intrepid scientist solves mystery of
scaly aliens.
As the chief biologist in the remote
human colony on Eden, Dr. Lucy Stannis leads a quiet life until an
alien vessel makes first contact with the colonists.
She is thrilled to meet the spaceship captain, the impressive Blue, Sa Kamizan
Veedak, although the Atrapako are formidable with their tough, scaled bodies
and sharp claws. Conflicts arise, threatening the whole colony as well as
Lucy’s tenuous friendship with Sa Kamizan. Lucy must employ all her skills to
discover their secret and save the colony.
If you like feisty heroines and mysteries
where deceptions abound, then you’ll enjoy this science fiction adventure with
a surprise twist at the end. Start this tale of culture clash and sweet romance
today. Book 1 of Atrapako on Eden.
Gruesome and gripping - it certainly gets this story up and running in the first few lines.
ReplyDeleteI must be learning from you!
DeleteYou painted a beautiful, but gory scene. I'm wondering what the Path lab is going to have to say about it!
ReplyDeleteWell, the next scene switches to the young protagonist, a whiny teenager about to have her superpowers activated.
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