kelly said

Hello! Thank you for joining me for Six Sentence Sunday.

These six pick up a little bit further from where we left off last week with CHOMP (my YA horror NiP), where Penny and Luke were riding the school bus home when a military convoy curiously blasted through the stop sign, skimming past the nose of the bus.

Later that evening…

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Running never used to hurt. The pins holding my leg bones together kept transmitting hot flashes of electricity though, reminding me again of how my life had changed. At least adrenaline had turned me back into a sprinter. Sort of.

The thundering feet and slobbery grunting at my back was gaining on me.

“Luke!” I screamed, run-hopping across the moon-lit field separating our houses.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

What’s chasing Penny? Will Luke hear her cries for help? hehe! *rubs hands with glee* Well, that’s what I’ve been working on, slow but steady.

Thank you so much for reading! Please wander around to see what some of the other #sixsunday participants have revealed.

Also, as a friendly reminder, Wednesday, December 21 is the last day to comment to win a free copy of Fangtales, a YA vampire anthology that includes my short story, Sanctuary.

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Thank you for joining me for another Six Sentence Sunday!

This week’s sample continues from CHOMP, my YA horror WiP.

To recap from last time, Penny was hoping her popular sister would be kind and give her a ride. Instead, Penny wound up getting ditched by the clique and is now forced to endure the bumpy ride home on the bus with her brooding friend and neighbor, Luke.

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Luke offered me his forearm and I gladly took it, leaning into his strength, letting him practically carry me to the bus.  His hands slipped under my arms, boosting me up the three tall stairs so I could pivot on my good leg and plop down on the seat behind our driver, Gil.

I managed a faint smile for Luke, feeling it falter a little when his eyes bored into mine so intensely. But he blinked and turned away, leaving my curiosity raging as he walked down the aisle past the four other students to take his usual seat – alone, at the back.

Gil jolted the bus into drive then slammed the break, cursing as a military convoy rushed through the intersection.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

Thank you so much for reading!

I hope you come back to take a peek at my special announcement on Wednesday

In the meantime, I’ll be roaming around, reading the other #sixsunday entries.

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This #SixSunday post is a blast-from-the-past, from my NaNoWriMo 2010 (hehe!) YA horror WiP titled CHOMP.  In this scene, my main character, Penny, is defending her best friend against her sister’s clique.

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“Have fun riding home with The Lurker,” Megan snickered from the back seat.

“Don’t call him that,” I snapped, tightening my fists, hating how my sister’s friends had to mislabel everyone.

Luke was not a lurker.  He was a brooder.  A subtle difference that my sister and her friends would never understand.

I glanced back to see him by the open door of the bus, brooding, over me it appeared because his eyes never left my face.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

Not so fun getting ditched by your sister and her friends, and Penny will remember this later on in the story. Especially when the military’s CHOMPer’s start hunting down the townsfolks, Penny will have to decide whether to risk her own life to save her sister, or leave her behind to save herself.

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