Sunday, April 3, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday 4/3/11

This is from one of the futuristic paranormal WIPs I intermittently toy with. Working/temporary title is SIREN SONG (envisioned as Book 2 of a series that started with the Doomed Book of My HEART). It's the story of Mia, a nymph; and Pierce, also known as Surfer Dude, Lord of the Deep. 

One minute to midnight.

She had to get out of here.

Mia tucked the tiny purple polyps she’d harvested into a temperature-controlled specimen pouch and glanced at the Air Surround bubble heading toward her, ever larger, ever more ominous. 

She couldn’t make out the regal seal from this distance, but there was no mistaking the swimmer floating within the shimmering orb.

Grasping the blade strapped to the hip of her wet suit, she sliced through the neon pink dive fin wedged between ridges of coral.

She had no choice.




40 comments:

Anonymous said...

sounds like a great fantasy :D

kathleen Grieve said...

Crap! I hate when I get sucked in to something...then it's taken away! :( What happens next?

Anonymous said...

Ooooh, I like this a lot! Great six !

Jessica E. Subject said...

This is fabulous! I look forward to reading so much more of this story.

Gem Sivad said...

She's efficient, focused, intelligent and not easily frightened. I know all of that from your great six!

Liz said...

I love this story!

Tara Andrews said...

Sounds like an interesting story! Wonder who is inside the bubble...hmmm?

JoAnne Kenrick said...

Ohh, Taryn, I'm loving this! The whole orbby thing, and the action--love how you choreographed that scene. Fab six :) It gives a real sense of urgency. And agreed, this is one six I'd love to have carried on to finish the scene. Grrr

Unknown said...

Oh wow that was a great snippet!
I'm so intrigued

Sarah Grimm said...

Love this six, Taryn! Great job!

Anonymous said...

Very nice - never knew you wrote some paranormal fantasy.

Anonymous said...

Love this story, I can't wait to read more every week. The picture is stunning.

Taryn Kincaid said...

I write just about everything! SLEEPY HOLLOW DREAMS is an erotic urban fantasy paranormal.

This book was envisioned as the second in a series. The first book is the doomed Book of My Heart.

Patricia Preston said...

I loved the snippet! Sounds like a great story.

Roberta Walker said...

Thanks for sharing. I am trying to picture what's inside the bubble and my imagination can't help but run a little wild... :)

Hailey Edwards said...

Very cool six. And aren't all "book of my hearts" doomed? Mine is.

Vivien Jackson said...

Awesome six: it made me curious about (and totally impressed with) the world. Harvesting polyps sounds disgusting! Looking forward to more of this.

Jessica said...

Honestly, you had me at "Surfer Dude, Lord of the Deep."

The six great sentences were a bonus.

D L Jackson said...

Kind of like that guy cutting his arm off to get free.
Makes me wonder who the swimmer is. Nice show.

Marie Dees said...

Okay, I'm hooked. Who is he? What's going on? I want more.

Sandra Sookoo said...

Nice snippet. Keep working on it!

McKenna Donovan said...

An excellent opening, especially as it encapsulates the wonders of this world right up front. I shall be watching for this! I guess I'll have to post my six sentences in a bit, but first going to make the rounds to see other blogs' sentences.

D Carney said...

Desperate times and all that... great six!

Lindsay said...

Taryn, You'd better either give us more then get it out so we can read the whole story. This is to something to keep us hanging

Taryn Kincaid said...

Oh, just so you know...the polyps aren't disgusting; they're living coral.

Ash said...

Vivid and mysterious! I want to know more about who she is and what's going on!

Lucy Felthouse said...

Wow, sounds awesome! Great six :)

Lauri J Owen said...

Great set up - you've intrigued me!

Chrystalla Thoma said...

Wow, what an innovative worldbuilding! I love it.

Susanna Fraser said...

Ooh, fascinating six!

Stacey Kennedy said...

Oooo, Taryn, this is FANTASTIC!! Lovin' it!

lexcade said...

i agree with jessica. "surfer dude, lord of the deep" is freaking hilarious and great. i'd love to see more of this. sounds really cool!

Janet Lane Walters said...

Do love this story, at least what I've heard of it. Good luck.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow would love to see more from this one. Very intriguing!

Liana Brooks said...

A marine fantasy? I'm hooked! When are you going to finish the series?

Unknown said...

Surfer dude lord of the deep love it !!!! lol..
great sss !!! DO let us know we this wip is done and ready !!! Id love to read !!
kat
kittee_cat@bigpond.com

Sandy N. said...

Wow. Mia sounds like a woman who's large and in charge. Thanks for sharing the snippet.

Pip Green said...

That six was just too short! :(

Unknown said...

Sounds like a really interesting world you got there. You're going to finish it up, right?

Anonymous said...

Cool world! I'm also drawn to anything with pink neon! :-)

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