Hi everyone and welcome to another Science Fiction
Fantasy Saturday. What is
SciFiFanSat? Well, it’s a group of
authors who share ten sentence snippets from their works and post them up on
their blogs with a link over at the main site.
Sounds fun right? I’ve taken a
small break from posting snippets of Stein, my zombie WIP, and a couple weeks
ago I shared the opening of my novel, Welcome to GreenGrass. This week, I decided to share another ten
lines from GreenGrass before turning back to Stein. Make sure you stop over and check out all the
great postings at the main site – SciFiFanSat.blogspot.com.
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An air horn blared from the street as a hovercraft
reversed its undercarriage thrusters and slammed to a stop, bass-driven music
thumping from inside the craft. The hooded operator shook a fist out the window
at the giant grasshopper pedaling a bicycle-driven carriage in front of him. The
pedal cabbie noticed Jerry staring and waved. Jerry sheepishly returned the
gesture as Traveller placed a hand on his back, leading him across the sidewalk
as Jerry protested.
“This is impossible. Where am I?”
“Oh, it’s more than impossible. This is your new life.”
Traveller outstretched an arm in introduction.
“Welcome to GreenGrass.”
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I love the description of the bass thumping from the hovercraft - a great way to meld the futuristic scene with present day realities.
ReplyDeleteSounds like some Asian cities with imagination on steroids. Love the image of a pedaling grasshopper.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely that Men in Black vibe with the awesome aliens.... :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I like GreenGrass!! Neat world building in just a few sentences. You're good at that, though.
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