Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)
Switching back to science fiction romance today. Here’s an excerpt from Lady of the Star Wind, an epic portal fantasy, which is undergoing a final edit and will be released after Star Cruise: Outbreak sometime early next year.
Sandy and Mark have been transported to an unknown world after breaking the Globe of Amarkana (you may remember those excerpts earlier in the year?). They found themselves in an oasis-like area with no exit. This snippet is from quite a bit further in the novel, after Mark and Sandy have left the mysterious mountain oasis (which wasn’t a zoo after all), in the company of some new friends… Sandy is bitten by a snake and finds herself going into the green light with a woman unknown to her:
The woman reached to take her hand, easily lifting Sandy into the air and drawing her inexorably deeper into whatever corridor the light provided.
“No, wait, I have to stay with Mark,” she said, frightened now, trying to retreat, tugging at the woman’s hand, struggling to remain in the temple. “I can’t leave him.”
“He’ll be fine. Come abide with us for now—we’ve missed you.” The woman touched the center of Sandy’s forehead, and she knew no more.
When she woke, she reclined in a comfortable, white, cushioned chair, feet propped on a footstool carved in the shape of an intricate flower, a brightly hued, tufted cushion as the bloom. A bewildering variety of beverages in cups and goblets rested on a wooden table at her side. As she pulled herself from a slumped position, she realized she’d donned, or been dressed in, flowing robes of pure white dotted with tiny iridescent stars.
The brightly illuminated room was empty…
So this mysterious lady thinks she knows Sandy but everyone is in for a big surprise in this Chapter…No cover and no blurb as yet….
Lots of twists and turns in this tale. Sounds intriguing.
Mistaken identity? Or a past she can’t remember? Can’t wait to read more, Veronica!
Quite intriguing snippet
Your descriptions cause me to salivate and what a story as it unfolds. Mysterious elegance, my friend.
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones.
Love this and all your snippets! Is it Sandy that these people have wanted all along? Mysterious and intriguing. Looking forward to more! Happy Holidays!
Oh I really like this excerpt, and am so very curious what you have in mind for the rest of the story! It wouldn’t be a good Sunday without one of your excerpts!
~Marcia
The imagery here is BEAUTIFUL. Looking forward to seeing where this goes. 🙂
There’s something a little disturbing about that ‘welcome.’ I wonder what they’re hiding?
“We’ve missed you”?? Oooh, what a complication. Love it.
Wow! What is this place? I can’t wait to find out. Great snippet.
A fancy apartment all in white. I like the flower-shaped footstool.
Wait, what? They’ve missed her? How? Definitely got me on the edge of my seat, waiting for more!! Great snippet.
A case of mistaken identity, maybe? I love your cat ornaments. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Intriguing! Hope you post more! Have an awesome holiday!
I’m as curious as Sandy as to what’s going on.
The visualness (if that’s a word) of that scene was fabulous.
I think it should be a word if it’s not, Daryl! Loved it 🙂
Interesting place. Hmm…but I’d be wary of walking into the light. She’s probably in some sort of limbo now. Just guessing…
Oh man, I’m so intrigued! I want to know more! Why did it have to leave on a cliffhanger?! (says the hypocrite) 😉
This is one powerful touch … interesting snippet!
Intriguing. (And I love the description of the room and its contents.)
I’m intrigued. Great imagery.
You definitely have me wanting to know more! And I want one of those footstools. In blue, please. 😉
Thanks for all the comments and kind words! I have to admit the footstool is a bit of an “Easter egg” to myself – I wrote one like a miniature hippopotamus in one of my Egyptian novels so now I try to work one interesting footstool into each book if I can 🙂 Happy Holidays to everyone!
I want a blue one, too! This is lovely – but, if I were Sandy, I’d be worrying both about that ‘I missed you” and all those beverages!
Your scenes are always so easy to visualize. I like how you use physical spaces to help set the tone for your scenes.