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!
With Thanksgiving coming up, we’re spending the weekend cleaning and painting the dining room ceiling. In December, I hope to bring you snippets from my new story, Alarik, book 4 in Taxyon Space. In the meantime, I’m running snippets from the first book, Europa. This series stars alien mermen, Warrish, who have been secretly observing humans from a submarine base in the oceans of Jupiter’s moon.
Introduction for
snippet:
Dr. Nikki Bell is exploring the ocean of Europa when she spies six “mermen”
hunting sea creatures. She is hiding in a coral forest and recognizes the man
who saved her life.
You can read the previous snippet at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-man-beneath-ice-snippet-from-europa.html
The final sentence was:
She clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle a
gasp.
His gaze
fixed on her and his eyes widened in surprise. His lips twitched into a fleeting
smile; a second later, his red brows knotted in a frown. He swiveled around, facing
away from her and blocking her view of the fishermen and the net.
Why was
he ignoring her? Initially baffled by his rejection, Nikki guessed he had
interposed his body to protect her from their sight.
Twisting
his left hand behind his back, he made repeated shooing motions. Keep away, she
interpreted his gesture.
Much as
she longed to speak with him, she heeded the warning. She could scarcely withstand
six athletic men armed with harpoons, however primitive they looked. Crouching
lower, she slithered farther into the tangled branches until she couldn’t see
the clearing.
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“The
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the imagination.”
“packed with vivid imagery of Jupiter’s moon,
Europa, and its oceans teeming with life.”
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I love this scene--that moment of recognition, that tease of a smile. And then his shooing motion--to protect her. :-) Nice! Have a good Thanksgiving, Aurora!
ReplyDeleteThis story has a lot of great moments.
DeleteWe'll celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional turkey for five of us.
Great job conveying several conflicting emotions this scene evokes.
ReplyDeleteThank you. This couple go through a lot of trauma.
DeleteIs he protecting her? Nice snippet, great descriptions ... as usual ;-)
ReplyDeleteHe's trying to. He saw her predecessor being killed by one of his crueler comrades.
DeleteI like how protective he is and also that she got the strong hint to hide! Enjoyed the snippet!
ReplyDeleteHe is very protective of her and a kind and honorable man(merman?).
DeleteGreat snippet! I like that he warned her.
ReplyDeleteYes. He saved her life earlier and doesn't want his efforts to go to waste.
DeleteI can picture the scene very well and keep expecting the others to ask him what he's doing as he must be looking rather odd to them, but hopefully their attention is elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteHe is standing guard while they are catching sea creatures. Luckily, nobody noticed when he signaled behind his back.
DeleteWell we know who the hero is. Good thing he was there to protect her from discovery by the others. I hope she's grateful to him!
ReplyDeleteShe's already grateful. He saved her life when she was trapped under the ice with diminishing oxygen.
DeleteFantastic imagery! Great scene.Made we want to read more!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteGreat scene. I so want to read more. Have a great Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteIt's free, so you can easily read the whole story.
DeleteHe's protecting her which makes me want to read more.
ReplyDeleteYes. Also, it's totally against their rules to interact with a human.
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