Sunday, October 7, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday

It's October, so that means we're all getting ready for Halloween. The Spanking Writers are planning a big event with Halloween short stories all around bloggerville. Stay tuned for more details. But, in the mean time, I'm sharing Six Sentences from The Assignment, which is part of The Long Arm of The Law, my short story collection.

Wendy, our heroine, is buying Halloween candy and observes the following conversation in the checkout line between a child and the cashier. 

The tot grinned, and a trail of chocolate-laced saliva dribbled out the side of her mouth. "An ugly, nasty, old witch!" she exclaimed.

"Nasty old witches are the best---I'm sure you'll have lots of fun and gets lots of candy."

The child seemed pleased by this prediction and attacked the bag of chocolate with glee as the cart headed to the parking lot.

Wendy's stomach knotted, and the fingers on her right hand began to twitch. She squeezed the handle of the cart until her knuckles were white and reminded herself of the oath that she had sworn when she took this assignment----No Magic----then she placed her items on the check-out counter. 


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11 comments:

  1. Very intriguing! Love the physical response as she tries to fight the magic. Nice!

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  2. Oh, I like this! I like all that it conveys without stating it explicitly.

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  3. OOOOH, sounds exciting. Waiting for more and I am not a patient person.

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    1. Thanks. Hope you had a good Sunday too. Must stop by and see what you've been up to.

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  5. Oh yeah sounds fantastic.Cannot wait for more.

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  6. "No Magic." Hmm, I'm very intrigued now. I love Halloween stories.

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    1. Come back the last weekend in October for Spank or Treat and there will be Halloween Spanking stories (free) from 10 Spanking Fiction Authors.

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  7. OOH! I had no idea you wrote paranormal!! sounds so good!

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    1. This is more like Bewitched than paranormal. heehee

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