Hello Weekend Writing Warriors ~ since Stutter
Creek has been released ~ and since I've already published two whole chapters
on the 8 Sentence Sundays, I decided to change horses and put up a few lines
from Book Three of The Phantom Series: Stevie-girl and the Phantom of Crybaby
Bridge, which should be out later this month. This series is told from
Stevie's POV. Below is the set up:
Tagline:
Isn’t Algebra hard enough, do we seriously have to
disentangle the spirit world, too?
Blurb:
Stevie-girl and her best friend, Jase, are phantom
magnets.
Whenever they are together, the doorway between
this world and the next seems to swing slightly open.
When his parents treat them to a camping trip to
New Mexico, the two friends can’t wait to visit the legendary Crybaby
Bridge. Right away, they hear the crying baby . . . but is it really a
phantom, or is someone playing tricks on them?
When they first arrive at the campsite, they are
sent in search of makings for a campfire. But the lure of the bridge is
strong, so the two friends hurry down for a quick peek...
"C'mon," Jase said. "We'd better find some
stones for the campfire."
As we turned to leave, a chill wind tore across the bridge
and flung dirt and leaf debris directly into our faces. We dropped hands
and rubbed our eyes in disbelief.
Jase muttered, “What the heck was that?”
I rubbed my vision clear and gazed into the gathering gloom at the opposite end
of the bridge. The wind whistled and whirled around our ankles like dusty
water.
Something doesn't want us here, I thought.
Okay, that's all today. Don't forget to visit
all the other authors at #WeWriWa http://www.wewriwa.comAfterthought: Next week, cover reveal for Stevie-girl and the Phantom of Crybaby Bridge!
10 comments:
I love your title and the excerpt is full of movement and tension. Very good :)
This is a little bit scary.
Frightening situation! Looking forward to the next excerpt.
Exciting and mystical. Good 8.
Very curious snippet and ominous last line!
That's all it would take for me to run! Exciting snippet.
Now that is spooky indeed! Terrific snippet!
Wow! Really tense and good :) Great 8 :)
Thanks so much, Wendy. The title is so long, I wasn't sure if I should cut it...so I really appreciate your comment. I didn't find you on WeWriWa's list or I would check out your snippet. Maybe next week. =)
Creepy good. Love a good ghost tale. I'd be worried about what is at the other end of that bridge, but I expect curiosity will get the better of them.
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