Friday, February 10, 2012

SFFS Snipet -- February 11th

I was trying to think of what to post for my SFFS snippet this week, when a writing prompt struck me. I didn’t get a chance to finish the prompt (work, you stink!) but I wanted to post what I had started so far. Here goes!

Snippet --->

The shadows came and went. They weren’t waves and they weren’t predictable. It was the shielding of a body on the upper walk here, a momentary cloud over the sun there; each no more than a puddle. If she knew the pattern she could skip like a stone across them all, finding a way in darkness to the street’s other side.

Instead she hung back under the awning, waiting like a starving child for a crust of bread that was never going to come.

She’d have to gamble.

The pennants atop the buildings undulated in the breeze, their fairly stable shadows offering her the best entry point. They’d betray her in a strong gust, but if the wind held steady she could make it halfway across the street without too many acrobatics.

She checked the charge on her transparency generator: still getting the orange “go” light. The mini-field was big enough to surround her and her alone, and while it offered decent cover in low-light areas, the cheap photon emitter couldn’t hold up an illusion under sunlight.

…more to come! :)

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14 comments:

  1. Intriguing! Why is she wanting to stay hidden? And what/who is she? Very cool so far - hope to see more of this one next week :-) Great to have you on board, Rhonda!

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  2. What question was supposed to go with this writing prompt? (And you're writing another sf!)

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  3. Very intriguing! I'll be back for more next week. :D

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  4. Gotta love a personal cloaking device! Nicely done!

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  5. Wow! Beautiful imagery, and the flow of your prose is incredible. I want more of this next week! :)

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  6. Loved the skipping stones imagery. Very well done. Great snippet overall.

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  7. I'm liking this very much. Would love to know what it's all about...And welcome to SFFSat!

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  8. Loved the imagery in this snippet...and want to find out what she's hiding from. Good one!

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  9. Love the descriptions - a perfectly vivid scene, with a great mood. Awesome!

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  10. Welcome to SFFSat! I can't help but wonder from what she's hiding and why she can't get a better quality photon emitter. I enjoyed this snippet and am looking forward to more.

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  11. Welcome! Well that's an intriguing snippet - at first I thought it was fantasy and then she has gadgets! :)

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  12. Thanks so much for the encouragement! I have no idea what she's hiding from/what happens next, the idea just struck me.

    ah free-form writing, have to love it! :)

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  13. Skipping from shadow to shadow is a great image. Like Pippa Jay said, it had a supernatural feel at first until the sci fi bits came in. :)

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