I’m not that good at keeping things steady and my life seems to be a bit of a ride the waves experience. Ebbs and lulls, swells and silences abound. So I came up with the idea of doing a Friday posting of a snippet of my writing. This is a new thing to try to get me blogging a bit more regularly. Lets see if it works.
Today I’m going to give you a few sentences from my current WIP. This story is as yet un-named, though the series is called Kith and Kin and is an urban fantasy.
Penny slammed her down, throwing his weight onto her. Her knees hit the boards with a resounding crack and pain stabbed up through her thighs.
“If you want to survive this night, stay fucking still and keep your mouth shut,” he said.
“Who is he?” she said.
Penny’s eyes narrowed and his fingers dug even more painfully into her skin.
“Someone higher up the food chain than you and no one you need to worry about right now.”
“He’s someone,” she said.
Penny shook her. “You’re not fucking listening to me. You have no idea how much danger you’re in.”
“It’s pretty obvious,” she snapped, glaring up at him. Anger crawled around her gut like a rabid dog. Her spine prickled, the animal clawing to get out and savage the big bastards throat.