“Let me get this straight,” Gavin
said, balling his fists and probably thinking about punching me, “you decided
to open that box, even though our client specifically told us to never,
ever, ever do that?”
“I didn’t think anything would
happen!” I insisted. “I thought you needed incense and candles and chicken
blood or something!”
The train lurched to the right,
throwing Gavin and me to the left. I wasn’t anywhere near as sure-footed as my
older brother, so of course I lost my footing and started to fall headfirst
toward the glass window. Just before my head was about to be cracked open,
there was Gavin, grabbing my arm and yanking me back to safety. He almost
dislocated my shoulder doing it, but that was probably his way of punishing me
as well. Gavin was a multi-tasker.
I think this idea is really cool, and I'm hoping to start the creepy/character being hunted moment soon. Hopefully it will be enough to get me in the anthology, but if not, it's been fun to write! If any of my fellow Avast, Ye Airships! authors are reading this, best of luck to you! I know a bunch of you were going to give this one a try, since steampunk is awesome and absolute fun to write. Don't forget to check out the other 8Sunday WeWriWa authors and leave them some comments, aka, love!
Cheers!
Amy
The last line about multi-tasking is absolutely wonderful.
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DeleteIntriguing beginning, best wishes with this story. Enjoyed the excerpt, can't wait for more.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
DeleteI agree with Ed, I LOVE that last line! Great excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Glad you liked it!
DeleteHaha- incense, candles and chicken blood! That's probably what I would have thought, too. Oops.
ReplyDeleteThe moral of the story: Research before you open strange boxes. ;)
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