A Drop of Red Giveaway
I know, I should have done this at the beginning of October instead of the beginning of November, but I’m still fairly close to Halloween. I’m giving away a vampire book.
Blurb from the back: Hollywood stunt-woman turned vampire hunter Dawn Madison is tired to the bone and beyond. With her comrades in arms, she managed to wipe out the Los Angeles vampire Underground. And in doing so, she uncovered not only her own dark family heritage but also a terrible truth about the man she loves. Now she’s determined to find the next vampire lair, thinking it will help her to make sense out of what her life has become.
Luckily, when it comes to the undead, there’s always work to do.
When a new Underground is found in England, Dawn and a crack vampire-hunting team are dispatched to carry the fight from the flash and dash of Los Angeles to the seemingly staid and stolid streets of London. Dawn knows by now how deceiving appearances can be – and she is about to find out that it’s not only the beautiful people of Hollywood who are willing to bargain with evil…
This is actually the middle of a series, which shows more in the blurb than in the book itself. I came into the series with this book, and didn’t have any trouble at all.
To get my copy, simply leave a comment on this post between now and Thursday night. I’ll do the drawing and announce the winner in my sidebar on Friday. And yes, I will ship international.
Ding Dong
Witches, ghosts, cowboys, vampires, hoards of zombies have dropped by. The bags come out. The candy goes in. Until everything is gone and light put out. Then the bell rings, but no one is there.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Suzie’s House 187: Like a Movie Star
“What are you writing?” Lisa leaned into Ben’s back.
“Nothing.” He covered the paper, not wanting her to see.
He knew he shouldn’t have tried to write something like this when Lisa was around. She always wanted to help. Most of the time he liked it, but this time he didn’t feel comfortable sharing.
Zombies
Smart once.
Could think in whole
sentences,
put together
ideas.
Mind numbing , cruel…
Lash out against fate!
Grind, rip, tear…
Let there be blood!
Destroy all living things standing in the way.
Except…
not.
Only,
blah blah blah “quadrahedral”
and “divided by the square root”.
Subside
into drooling lassitude.
Not zombie.
Merely student.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
Thirteen Frightening Words
I’m continuing my spooky theme. Here are 13 words to give one pause.
1. Failure. It’s even worse when applied to one’s children than when applied to oneself.
2. Vaccination. Particularly when done at WalMart.
3. Revision. But only when used in a note from one’s editor.
4. Movie. This time of year brings out the worst. Also some of the best.
5. Late. No, thankfully, I’m not pregnant.
6. Caught. As Mr. Al says, “Who knew we’d have to sneak around more now than when we were teens?”
7. Accident. Particularly in conjunction with travel words like car, plane, or train.
8. Request. Especially if one isn’t ready yet.
9. Venom. Snake or gossip, they’re about the same.
10. Short. Particularly in conjunction with the words, “of cash”.
11. Economy. I guess that’s kind of a continuation of 10.
12. Rotting. This one was the top of The Girl’s list.
13. Death. That one’s from The Boy.
Edited 10/27/10 7:12pm I can’t believe I overlooked the most frightful word. Teenager.
TTMT: Sunsets
Freda hubs a photography meme I thought I might jump into. Her challenge this week was to come up with an orange sky. I thought no problem. I thought I knew just the picture. This one:
Um…. Yeah. No orange. A little pink, maybe, but no orange. So I dug through some of my other sunset pictures looking for orange in the sky. No dice. Again, lots of pink and some purple, but no orange. I had no idea orange could be such a rare sunset or sunrise color.
Ok, so I thought I’d try playing around a little in Photoshop and see if I could bring out the orangeness of the pink. Again, no dice. This was the best I did:
Still no orange.
Would you expect that? Do you have any orange sky pictures? What do you think? Can I pretend I got it right?
The Vampire in Love
He watched her sleep.
Soft, gentle breaths, scarcely move the air.
The slow, even beat of her heart visible at her neck where
skin as fresh and new as a baby
beckons.
But whether to kiss, or to bite
he did not know.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
New Furniture
Jack: Check it out, Darling. I got us a new bed.
Jill: It seems a little small.
Jack: It’s supposed to be like a water bed.
Jill: Next time, don’t buy it from the grocery store, all right?
Today’s theme is orange
Previously in Jack and Jill: Says You
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Love Bites
He’s so good looking, so strong and smart and rich. Her best friend calls it “tedious TDH – Tall Dark and Handsome, just like all the other heroes.” But he isn’t like other heroes. He’s so much better. Perfect for her; loving and kind. He looks like he could eat her up. Yep. Perfect. Except for the fangs.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
Suzie’s House 186: It’s Like, You Know, Right?
If he smirked one more time, Tracy was going to bop him . Hard.
“So you know what they were doing, right?” Gene grinned. At least he wasn’t grinning at her, but that might only be because he was walking her home and had to pay attention to the sidewalk so he didn’t stumble in the dark and look all un-cool.
“Yeah, yeah. I know. They weren’t beating on each other, and that’s what matters.”
