Friday, February 8, 2013

A great place to share great writing!

          Welcome to another Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday!!  I’ve been having a great time with the submissions from my current WIP and I truly appreciate everyone that’s been reading along and leaving comments.  The story to date has found Sam’s slightly eccentric grandfather tracking a dead witch in the bayous of New Orleans, Sam running into a living twister in the woods on his way home from school, and leaving him a note from his thought dead father.   I hope you’re enjoying my work.  Make sure you take some time to check out all of the great writing snippets over at scififansat.blogspot.com and if you can spare a couple comments – they go a long way.  Have a great weekend!

          “This’ll do the trick.”
          Sam pulled the steak knife from a wooden block on the counter and cut into the strands of cord binding the package, ripping away the thick brown paper covering.  He stopped and stared at the book resting in the middle of his kitchen table.  A carved wooden cover and backing were bound together with a coarse black membrane on one end and a riveted brass clasp on the other.  Sam noticed the keyhole in the clasp and read the inscription on front.
          “Ex umbra in solem.”
          Grabbing a small screwdriver, he inserted the end into the key slot, gently feeling around.  He felt some kind of pressure pushing back the more he jiggled around inside until the screwdriver shot out and embedded in the ceiling.
          “Great, how do I get to explain that one to Mom?”

21 comments:

  1. Heh...quick, install a ceiling fan, and they'll never know. Fun snippet. ;-)

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    1. That was the next snippet! How to install a ceiling fixture in ten sentences or less. Ha. Thanks for the comments.

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  2. A mysterious book, a suspicious keyhole and screwdrivers being shot? I'm a fan already

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    1. Can you have a mysterious book without a suspicious keyhole? The flying screwdriver was just gravy. I appreciate the comments and the read. Thanks.

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  3. Oooo! A magic lock! Perhaps it needs to be stroked gently like the monster book in Harry Potter. My latin (it is latin, right?) fails me so I have no idea what that inscription means. I guess I'll have to wait and find out... :D

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    1. The inscription's purpose and you're right about the Latin will be revealed. No gentle stroking here. Just ask the screwdriver. Thanks for the comments!

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  4. A mysterious magical screwdriver-shooting book. I wonder what nifty spells might be inside.

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  5. Hopefully one to repair plaster. Not all books are full of spells. We'll have to see what this one had in store for Sam. Thanks!

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  6. I just hope it's not the book of the dead, because you never, EVER read from that book (trust me).

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    1. Ha. Ill take your word on that. And thanks for the public service announcement. No diving, low over hang, and no reading from the necronomicon.

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  7. Let that be a lesson: don't try to pick magic locks.

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    1. Maybe if it was a magic screwdriver....hmmmm.

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  8. Glad Sam's head wasn't over the screwdriver! Fun snippet! I want to see how this thing opens!

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    1. Explaining a screwdriver in the ceiling is definitely easier than one in the head. Thanks for commenting.

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  9. LOL! I bet the key's around somewhere...

    I'm really enjoying the voice of this WIP.

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  10. Thanks. I'm having fun with it and the feedback goes a long way to help keep it moving. Always appreciated.

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  11. "Out of the shadow into the sun" - or something like that (a long time since I did any latin!). Sam needs to be careful, or he could be in far more trouble than just a screwdriver in the ceiling... Great snippet - thanks!

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    1. Thanks Peter. Obviously the verse plays into the rest of the story and Sam is going to have his hands full.

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  12. I made it; from shadow into light. It's similar to my old school motto which was Ex Umbris In Veritatem. I loved the humour at the end.

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  13. My school moto was "Don't screw up your SAT's". I somehow feel cheated. Thanks for commenting!

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  14. (Not sure if my comment was sent...)

    Whoops, lol.

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