Saturday, October 20, 2018

She's not abused. Snippet from short #Superhero story for #WeWriWa



Welcome to another Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors. Meet writers in various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their stories. Find a new author and sample their work. Enjoy!

Sorry, I skipped last week, partly due to the hurricane, but mostly due to poor internet. October means Halloween and skeletons sprouting from lawns in our neighborhood of Atlanta. Thankfully, the weather is cooler.

I’m running snippets from an unpublished short story in my superhero series.
Background: After Estelle joined their table, Toby, the leader of the Jags gang and the Secret Supers, explained that Gecko’s baby sister is missing. The only clue is the school bus driver’s description of a woman who met the girl. This weekend, we learn a little more about the supers.
Toby spoke the final line: He looked at the Jags; “Ideas, anyone else?”
Please excuse my misuse of semicolons to fit.

Ice shifted position to face Toby. Brushing a loose strand of platinum blonde hair behind her ear, she said, “I’m in touch with a group that shelters abused women and children. I’ll ask if they’ve seen this girl.”
“She’s not abused,” Gecko objected.
“Okay, we believe you,” Toby said; “We’ve got to start somewhere.”
Gecko said, “Fricka’s been searching every day since Juliana was lost.”
Toby drawled, “Hawk’s a good hunter, but, she can’t fly into buildings, or talk to people. We can.” He caught Estelle’s gaze, and added, “Discreetly, of course. Not dressed as Supers.” 

 Secret Supers

You can read about Estelle, Toby and the other Supers in my Secret Supers books. http://www.auroraspringer.org/p/secret-supers.html

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27 comments:

  1. I guess they have to be careful when asking questions once they get started.

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  2. You brought me right into the scene. Thanks.

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  3. Enjoyed their discussion and the strategies...great snippet...

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  4. This series looks great. I love the branding of the covers, too!

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    1. Thank you. The stories were fun to write, especially the snarky flying horse.

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  5. Discreetly, of course! Hmmm. Wonder how that's going to work out.

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    1. Okay. Some of the gang have connections in the underworld.

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  6. Sounds like there's some solid leads, hope they find something out!

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  7. Oh, love this snippet, especially the last line!

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    1. Thanks. Toby often worries that Estelle will be identified as Super Starrella.

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  8. Going undercover as normal humans. What a concept!

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  9. The last line got me. The whole snippet hooked me. More, please.

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    1. Thanks. Of course I'm in the middle of writing a different story.

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  10. Oh interesting snippet ... and I like the concept of the story.

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  11. I hope they can pull of discreetly. :) Love the book covers.

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  12. You’d think not dressing as a super would be obvious in this case, but there are probably times it gets the job done faster!

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