Friday, 5 July 2013

SFFSart - July 06

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday (SFFSat) is a place where a bunch of us post snippets from our written works and also shoot the breeze a little. And before I get ahead of myself, thanks and appreciation as always to those who stop by and leave fantastic comments.
Still torturing you my pantsing rambles...and still untitled.
A little preamble for those who don't know: Two characters on an old 'ship' (undecided if to make it a space ship or a ship-ship) that looked like it originated from the 1960s. One sees a 'dinosaur', almost poops his pants, then both characters make a run for it...
You can catch the previous ones:
Part 1: here.
Part 2: here.
Part 3: here.

And now for this week...after diving for cover, our heroine has but a brief moment to survey the threat...
T-Rex-spinosaurus-carnotaurus...
Why was I spewing out grade school science stuff?
It reared back its head, as if to chomp down on us. It inhaled instead, its mouth cracked open wider and sucked in a phlegmy rasp.
So many teeth!
“We should…we should run. Now!” I jabbed my elbow into Mason, scuttling backwards with my eyes riveted to the creature.
It brought its head down and on an ear-shattering roar, a blast of fire spewed from its mouth.
“Dragon!”

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17 comments:

  1. Pippa Jay6 July 2013 at 01:28

    Wow, I didn't think the situation could get any worse for them, but it did! Nice one.

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  2. Cary Caffrey6 July 2013 at 06:21

    Twist!

    And, hey. Don't worry about titles. I usually keep changing that right up until publishing time.

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    1. TK Toppin6 July 2013 at 10:00

      Yep, twist!!
      Funny enough, I'm not really worried about a title. I'm just having fun writing this.

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  3. T. M. Hunter6 July 2013 at 09:06

    Awesome twist! :-)

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  4. Patrick Stutzman6 July 2013 at 09:21

    Holy crap! Didn't see that one coming. Nice job!

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  5. Patrick Stutzman6 July 2013 at 09:21

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  6. S.A. Check6 July 2013 at 10:48

    Well, that was unexpected. Let's hope whatever type of ship they're on isn't flammable, or at least had fire extinguishers, or at least least someone has a couple T-Rex snacks. Great stuff! Keep surprising us!

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  7. Sue Ann Bowling6 July 2013 at 11:56

    I don't think the grade school science stuff is going to be much help.

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  8. J.M. Blackman6 July 2013 at 18:23

    A dragon has got to be worse than a dinosaur, what with the fire breathing. The details in this are great--particularly the details about its mouth. Very visual.

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  9. Starr O'Hara6 July 2013 at 19:08

    I second the motion to run! Nice detail, and still a very exciting concept!

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  10. Starr O'Hara6 July 2013 at 19:21

    I second the motion to run! Nice detail, and still a very exciting concept!

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  11. Anonymous8 July 2013 at 09:28

    Great Snippet! I'm biting my teeth in anticipation of what's going to happen next. :)

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