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| Cover by Danielle Fine |
Hello! *waves* Welcome back to my #sffsat post - I've been AWOL for a few weeks with the Christmas holidays, but hopefully I will be back to a more regular appearance now. I've decided to take a break from Terms & Conditions Apply for a bit and go back to my very first publication - The Bones of the Sea - which had a cover makeover last month. So, the opening ten sentences from my scifi short...
The place gave her the creeps. Myasi could admit
that to herself now, as she made her third and final survey of the
site. The morbid name gifted to the strange construction by early
explorers couldn’t have seemed more apt
as she sat in the flattened base and gazed up into the lurid green
glow of the water. Above her head the twelve skeletal metallic legs
of the structure curved up, round and then slightly inward, like a
dead spider hunched in upon itself. Or a clawed hand clutching at
nothing in its final fatal spasm.
She shivered and checked her wrist display. She’d
only been under a few moments, but it felt longer. The water chilled
her even through the figure hugging bespoke thermal suit that encased
her, following her generous curves. Above average height even for a
human male and with the bulk to match, no standard suit would have
fitted her even if corporation regulations permitted it. A soft
collar molded around her neck, its ugly protuberances housing the
artificial gills that moved in machine-regular beats and fed modified
air to the mask that covered her mouth and nose.
© 2009-2013 Copyright Philippa J. Green All Rights
Reserved
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| Created by Gayle Ramage |
I can remember being blown away when I read this - I still have it on my kindle to re-read!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful descriptions. This ones going on my reading list. My snippet in over on my website as usual. I have to stop forgetting to add my name to the list.
ReplyDeleteGreat description, as always!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Pippa. I loved this story--still owe you a review, in fact!
ReplyDelete:) Heidi
Ooo! Gills - I totally want those! Very nice passage. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the name of the structure? I downloaded for my Nook.
ReplyDeleteOooh! Interesting! I'll have to check this out.
ReplyDeleteYou got my attention so quickly and kept it with the wonderful details. I could see everything so clearly. Definitely grabbing a copy. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAwesome imagery! I love the artificial gills.
ReplyDeleteI wish I wasn't so far behind on my reading list-- I could add this. I like the new cover.
ReplyDeleteI remember this part. Brilliant description!
ReplyDeleteThat's a blast from the past! Very atmospheric description. Great stuff.
ReplyDelete@Chantal - aww, thanks! My first little baby will be two this year. :-P
ReplyDelete@JM - thanks!
@TM - thanks!
@Heidi - aww, thank you.
@Cary - I'd love a set of those gills myself.
@Sue Ann - The Bones of the Sea, as per the title.
@Ann, Tara and JM - thanks!
@Cassandra - thank you. Dani's very talented.
@TK - thank you.
@Gayle - lol, I know! It seems so long ago, but not even two years yet.
To my shame (and overwhelmed TBR list) still sits on my Kindle unread. I really need to correct that.
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