Here is a snippet for Science Fiction and Fantasy Saturday. This is another excerpt taken from my dystopian science fantasy novel, THE LACANTO PROJECT, for which I am actively seeking an agent/publisher. THE LACANTO PROJECT is about an assassin who discovers that she is the genetic link needed for the rise of a prophet in a dystopian world. This scene is near the middle of the story when the secondary character, Devon Han, finds his lover dead.
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Devon hovered in Sadie Jane’s bedroom doorway, gazing at her naked body laying on the bloodied carpet. An icy pain rammed down his throat, and he forced his legs to move toward her in small, quivering steps. She wore a red wig, the one with the long soft ringlets, his favorite, which was now tainted with blood. Her middle breast had been sliced off, and a knife had been put in its place between the two remaining breasts. Her arms were folded over her abdomen, a knife thrust into her hands, locking them together. Another blade was jammed in her overlapping feet, and eight additional blades purged the sides of her body.He trembled looking at the grotesque sight before him, its symbolism clear as the ominous shroud that cloaked his soul. Eleven blades thrust into the body of an intimately acquainted redhead at places that were eternally and painfully engraved in his mind.
His breaths came in spastic waves, and he fell to his knees. He stroked Sadie Jane’s swan-like neck, cold and gray, and inspected the base of her head and around her ears with probing fingers. And there it was.
What??? What was there?? This is really gruesome...but enticing :)
ReplyDeleteA great scene...draws me in and leaves me wanting more. I do have to say I was thoroughly upset about the state she was left in. I've had a great love for three-breasted women ever since the original Total Recall... :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm with Mr. Hunter. The description of the woman reminded me of the same character from Total Recall. The details of where the knives are placed makes me think of a ritual killing.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Patrick on the ritual killing. Especially when you said the blades "purged" her sides.
ReplyDeleteChilling and grotesque details here, but it definitely drags you into the scene. You can't help but be a witness to his horror and grief. I don't know what could be at the base of her neck, but I hope it helps find this killer.
ReplyDeleteRitual, yes ... but three breasts? Sounds like she's not a mammal.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This snippet has hooked me right in! I'd love to know what he's found. Good luck with the agent/publisher quest. :)
ReplyDeleteUrgh, totally gruesome! But what did he find that he expected to be there?
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