It’s another Saturday and a fresh batch of Sci-Fi Fantasy Snippets has just been pulled from the oven. You can almost smell the creativity. I’ve decided to leave GreenGrass on the shelf this time around and share a snippet from a current WIP. The story revolves around family, legends, and some lesser known folklore. I hope you enjoy my contribution this week. Be sure to check out all of the great authors who post on Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday and leave a comment along the way. They’re always appreciated. Have a good weekend.
“We gettin’ close, Ray, so stay on your tip
tops.”
The flat bottomed boat glided passed a
bramble of broken branches massed atop patches of floating vegetation. All three men aboard the tiny vessel focused
on the glowing green eyes that stared back at them from underneath the tangled
trees.
“I think I’d like my chances wit’ dat ol’
boy than what we’re after tonight,” Jimmy quipped as he kept the reptiles eyes reflecting
in his flashlight’s beam until they passed.
He nervously rubbed a carved gris
gris held by a rope around his neck and called over his shoulder.
“Hope you brought a good luck charm of
your own, Cap’n. Me and Ray ain’t never
been on no witch hunt ‘fore.”
Securing a weathered journal into his
shoulder satchel, the grizzled man hunched in the rear of the boat stared up
into the starless blackened sky.
“It’s a cauchemar to be exact, my
friends. A dead witch.”
