Anything from Love to Sci Fi ...On June 24th, share a big thrill with Heather and Tara and everyone else, and be part of The Thrill of it All blogfest contest! Heather and Tara will judge the biggest thrills and give out some thrilling prizes. Entries may be real or fiction. All they ask is that you keep them to a paragraph or so.
Listed below are the prizes up for grabs!
1) A copy of M'S CORNER, ebook
2) An ARC copy of POP TRAVEL
3) A $20 Amazon GC
4) A banner or caricature by moi (or substitute if the winner has another need)
My entry for Heather and Tara's Thrill of it All Blogfest is a short passage from my current WIP, Forces of Mist, which is a science fiction romance, set in Sydney, Australia. This story is set in the future, planet Earth has been ravaged by an alien attack which few humans survived. The MC, Sarah was a young teenager when she survived the initial onslaught. Now a young adult, she has been trained to scout the terrain, investigating the alien forces, reporting their movement to her superiors.
The Forces of Mist
Sarah drove
up the steep goat track of a road heading towards her hidden base. Distracted by
her thoughts, she was taken by surprise when the near bald tyres of her rusted
truck slipped on the loose gravel. Gasping for air, she screamed with fright as
the tyres spun, finding no traction.
She frantically tried to bring her vehicle
under control, desperately struggling with the steering wheel, the tyres continued
to spin. Dust, rocks and smoke from the burning tyres filled the air, almost
choking her. Her heart pounded against her chest, racing with the rush of adrenalin.
She broke into a sweat while pressing her foot flat to the floor, trying to
will the vehicle forward.
The back end started sliding and she braced herself for
the inevitable, but was shocked with disbelief when the vehicle suddenly jerked
itself upwards and hovered above the ground, becoming suspended in mid-air above
the ravine. The tell-tale signs of her enemy began enveloping her truck. The curling
tendrils of mist enveloped the cabin making their way around the metal frame,
cushioning it as she sat inside. There was only one thing possible which could cause
this outcome and Sarah took a lung full of air, before trying to locate the
Mist Warrior.
22 comments:
That's a riveting, exciting, story Carol! Wow, it certainly makes you want to keep turning pages. Great job and thank you so much for following my blog. Have a wonderful day.
Oh, WELL...leave us hanging like the MC, LOL.
Good thrill, btw. *still laughing*
CD Coffelt ponders at Spirit Called
And critiques at UnicornBell
Her savior is her enemy - nice twist!
Very thrilling excerpt indeed. :-)
Good luck with Forests os Mist! The title alone tells its a fantasy and everyone knows there is danger in a forest.
Amazing excerpt! Really makes me want to read more. Love the idea of this blogfest too--such an original idea :)
Talk about good luck, bad luck. Saved but by an alien invade. A nice thrill today C.M.
I love the idea of a Mist Warrior!
Oooo. This is an edge-of-your-seat kind of thrill... your excerpt sucked me right in!
Nice job of matching her reactions up with car/tire type adjectives. I'm hoping the mist warrior isn't evil. Thrilling excerpt!
Yikes! A near-death car accident AND facing her enemy. I'd say that definitely qualifies as a thrill.
what a scene! thats got to be a great story! i want to know what happens next!!
Oh boy, oh boy! That sounds fantastic. What a THRILL! Thanks for sharing that with us!
Thanks for participating!
Heather
Oh yes, of course her enemy is there just when she's had an accident. Nice timing. What happens next?
Ooh, veeeery intriquing and nicely written.
Oooh, so exciting! Great scene :D
Sarah Allen
(From Sarah, With Joy)
Thanks, to all of you for leaving such motivating comments. It is great to be given this type of positive encouragement to continue writing this story.
Ooooooh I like this a lot! Sarah is very intriguing and I would love to read more about her!!
Carolyn, I nominated you for the Liebster Award. Please stop by www.dhdunne.blogspot.com to find out more.
Oooo- very thrilling indeed! And what a name for an arch-nemesis. The Mist Warrior. Color me intrigued!
Fantastic excerpt! What a hook to your new story too. And congrats on winning. :)
Hoping it will go so well and be great fun. :) Writer’s Mark
I cannot believe that I have won this competition. Thank you so much Heather and Tara for choosing my entry! This is the first time I have won a writing competition and I am extremely grateful!
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