Friday 10 July 2015

SFFS 11/7/15 Impcatcher

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This is another snippet from Impcatcher. Tal Djandiss, the Impcatcher of the title, has captured a creature and carried it to the market to show to someone.



My favourite sorceress was slumped in her stall in the market, boredom writ in considerable detail across her face. I swung my wriggling horror into her sight. I wasn't sure quite what I'd bagged - it was akin to a centipede, with a dozen legs on each side of its snakelike indigo body.
She looked at my pet. Pest. Sorry, slip of the tongue.
“Most men would offer a girl flowers” she said archly.
“I thought this was prettier.” I let her get a good look at it. “Thought you'd find it interesting.”
She pulled a face at me, but with a hint of a smile lurking in the background. “I have no idea why you're convinced I like unusual, hideous monsters.”
There was an obvious reply. “You like me, don't you?”
She didn't even try to credit my words with a response.


Who says romance is dead? As always, comments welcomed! 

Come back on Tuesday when I have a guest blogger, Aurora Springer, and a snippet from her new novel, Grand Master's Game!
 

4 comments:

  1. Puzzles are way better than flowers!

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  2. Some good dialogue flow here and the relationship between these two characters is smart. He brings her bugs to the market to impress her - has an almost childlike quality to it.

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  3. Made me chuckle...love the attempt at romance, and great dialogue between the two that definitely gives a feel for the characters.

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  4. Pest, dammit, pest! LOL! I love the gentle, affectionate banter, for sure.

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