Friday, September 14, 2012

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday Snippet #4


         Hi all!  This snippet picks up after Traveller returns home and we're given a first look at some of Traveller's makeshift family in the strange world of GreenGrass.  Hopefully you'll find the characters as colorful and fun as I did writing them.  Make sure you check out and comment on all of the great snippets here on Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday from a group of wonderful writers! 
 
          The ground shook under Traveller’s feet as Bonz dropped the stones in each hand to change positions, reminding Traveller that he was on a peace keeping mission. 

          “OK, big guy, just when you go back in the house, don’t hassle Sil about food.  We’ll order some pizzas from the human district.  We haven’t had any of those in a couple cycles.”

          “Pizza.  One of the few things the soft skins have actually brought to this red mud hole that account for anything.”

          “I accept that compliment on behalf of all soft skins.  Where’s Talyn?”

          “Where else?  Up in his cubicle, praying to his false prophets.”

          “I’m going to go check on him.  He hasn’t been acting like himself since our last gig when we ran into that goon in enchanter’s village.  He keeps saying that he’s losing himself.”

          “A pacifist has no place in battle, friend Traveller.”

          “Yeah, well, Talyn just needs a little space.  Don’t we all?”

18 comments:

  1. Good to know that pizza is one of the great legacies we can pass along. :-)

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    1. Thanks for the comments T.M. - pepperoni is universal.

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    1. Thanks, Heidi. I have a lot of fun writing these kinds of scenes. Glad you enjoyed it.

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  3. Didn't they know that pizza is the food of the prophets? ;) Good stuff!

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    1. Are you saying you've had a pizza epiphany, Patrick? (the alliteration is on the house)

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  4. Now I want pizza! Nice interaction between the two...I'm really looking forward to this story being completed.

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    1. Ha. Thanks, TK! I should have went for some product placement there. I'll be releasing the details for the book's launch soon.

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  5. Sue, there comes a time in every writer's life when he has to make tough choices. The universality of pizza or ice cream was one of those moments. I made my choice and I'm prepared for the certain controversy that will follow. Thanks for commenting!

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  6. Pizza is the food of the gods! Even my son, when he was an infant, drew strength enough to gum it the first time he ever smelled it.

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  7. I admire that spirit! Pizza had been secretly used by the U.N. for peace keeping for decades. Wasn't it Marie Antoinette who said, "let them eat mozerella!"

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  8. You see I'm for pizza and THEN ice-cream ;)

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  9. Best of both worlds. Actually there is some ice cream coming in the later chapters. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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  10. Ha. It somehow doesn't sound as appetizing when you say it that way.

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  11. I really enjoyed the interaction between Bonz and Traveller. Great dialogue.

    And now I want pizza...

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  12. Thanks, Ann. If nothing else, I've influenced everyone's dining choices this weekend. I appreciate the comments.

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