tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51951689291154373602024-03-14T04:47:57.425-07:00KimmydonnKimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-90668028514594683092018-05-29T14:23:00.000-07:002018-05-29T14:23:02.687-07:00Useful links for those looking to publish (Alberta edition!)Hello! Are you an Albertan with a story you want to publish? Here are a couple of helpful links from the Writer's Guild of Alberta, the Association of Canadian Publishers, and Angela Ackerman from Calgary. She has teamed up with Becca Puglisi to create Writers Helping Writers. They have a series of very useful craft books as well as tips on marketing. I hope these can help you on your journey to becoming a published author!<br />
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<a href="https://writersguild.ca/resources/getting-published/">https://writersguild.ca/resources/getting-published/</a><br />
<a href="https://publishers.ca/get-published/">https://publishers.ca/get-published/</a><br />
<a href="https://writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools/">https://writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools/</a>Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-68799174933952872142018-05-02T06:32:00.000-07:002018-05-02T06:32:33.656-07:00New Release - Darkness of Light<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Like Twilight, but shifters!</span></div>
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Is there any chance all this shapeshifting is just a bad dream? And if it comes with Lucius and Kerwin, does Rev really want to wake?<br />
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When Reverie offers to tend her grandmother’s store the summer after graduation, she gets a lot more than she bargained for. The shop isn’t the problem. The dark eyes and bright smiles of two residents complicate her stay almost immediately, and just when she thinks she might have the cousins sorted out, she discovers the residents of Littleton, including her grandmother, have a secret. One that she now shares.<br />
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Here's a teaser from Darkness of Light! (Reverie got a note from Dark Eyes referring to Goldilocks - that's what the porridge thing is about.)<br />
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“Reverie. I meant to call earlier. Everything going well?”</div>
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“Yes, Grandma. Quiet but good.” She had her back to the door and walked toward the register. The bells jangled behind her.</div>
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“Is that someone coming in? I’ll let you go and call back latter.”</div>
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“Bye, Grandma.” Rev disconnected the call while she turned. Dark Eyes stood in the doorway holding two cups of coffee. Her lips twitched into a smile at his kindness. “You didn’t have to do that.”</div>
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“No.” He walked to the counter and held one out to her. “You looked like you needed it.”</div>
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He shook his head. “Never bad. Just bleary-eyed.”</div>
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“Just right, I hope.”</div>
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Unable to bear the curiosity any longer, she blurted out, “What’s your name?”</div>
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His grin was so different from Lucius’ broad one. It curved up more on one side than the other and only a few teeth peeked through the gap in his lips. His eyes sparkled, though, giving the impression of amusement.</div>
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“Uh, I mean, I’m Reverie Weiss. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” She held out her hand.</div>
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Dark Eyes looked at it a moment, then he put both hands on her wrist and stepped closer, pulling her palm to his chest. “I’m Kerwin, and I’m done lurking.”</div>
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-40377485375229768442017-12-10T00:00:00.000-08:002017-12-10T00:00:55.278-08:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayAnother weekend, another 8-10 sentences. Thank you for joining me and the other <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors!</a> I have another snippet from Never Say Die. Cassy is preparing herself to put an stop to the infection that will destroy the world she knows.<br />
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Behind the store, I open the packaging for the scissors and begin sawing through my hair. If this works, I’ll be able to get it straightened. If not, I won’t care what my hair looks like anyway. I do look wistfully at the locks on the pavement. Already my head feels lighter and clearer. Feeling better prepared, I return to the Evans’ house.<br />
There’s no signage for a burglar alarm, but I’m betting they have one. I could probably disarm it, but it’s safer to evade it. I wait in the backyard, peering into the kitchen. Mrs. Evans is moving around and when her back is turned, I slip in the back door and hide behind the coat rack.<br />
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Why didn’t I consider he might have a family? Why did I assume he was alone? I’m so wrapped up in consideration for those bystanders that I almost miss him pulling into his driveway. He isn’t wearing the lab coat that he has on in every picture I’ve seen, but I recognize his slicked back brown hair and plastic rimmed glasses.<br />
“Peter Evans,” I murmur, before restarting the engine and pulling away.<br />
I find a nearby convenience store and pick up a pair of scissors. This hair will only get tangled as I try to sneak into the house. It would be nice to have some other clothes, but most of the actual shops have already closed for the night. Instead, I dig around the back of the van in Dad’s bag and find one of his shirts — dark green. It’ll do, better than my white skin.<br />
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The sun is just setting when I hit Albuquerque’s limits. I get lost twice trying to find the doctor’s house. A little boy, probably four, is playing on the front lawn. He still has rings of baby fat on his arms and legs and his cheeks are full. His blonde hair is sparse, like it’s still growing in, and sticks up at odd angles. His mother comes to stand on the front step and call him into the house.</div>
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Four. Few younger than six will survive. This boy will probably be eaten by the mother that feeds him.</div>
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-57498887962687393982017-11-12T00:00:00.000-08:002017-11-12T00:00:14.398-08:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayWeekend Writing Warriors is a fantastic group of writers who share 8-10 sentences every Sunday. Cassy just reminded us how Dr. Evan's became to be a curse word by starting the plague that decimated the human race. She relates a little more of the end times she lived through on her way to deal with the source of the problem.<br />
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None of that tells me where he lives or what hours he works. I pull my Mom’s phone out of the glove box and start searching online. God, how nice is it to have internet? Now that I know where he lives, I can just wait for him to come home.<br />
Flying through my hometown gives me a twinge of home sickness and regret. It will burn down in a few weeks. Adults living alone will leave things turned on when the virus claims them and the firemen that would normally help will be busy eating one another. If they head to fires, it’ll be with a taste for cooked meat. Oddly enough, it will be a blessing. Those of us who still have brains will be able to group while the meat sacks flee or burn.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-18607609920493070352017-11-05T00:00:00.000-07:002017-11-05T00:00:14.880-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHere's a few more curses based on Dr. Evans. Cassy is on her way to "take care" of him. Like the other participants, I have 8 (to 10) sentences from this recently published work. You can find and enjoy all the <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> on their website.<br />
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We began using his name as a curse word.<br />
“For Evans sake!”<br />
“Pulling an Evans, are you?”<br />
“Peter C. Evans!”<br />
Peter C. Evans, Dr. Evans. I know little more than his name and his place at the beginning of the end of existence.<br />
He worked for Manson, in their lab in Albuquerque, as a bioengineer. Designing fighter viruses and bacteria, his breakthrough came breeding a bug to kill the bad bugs. Sounded good in theory, but instead of attacking enemy cells, it attacks the brain, leaving an animal that knows only one thing: hunger.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-21773603293319102542017-10-29T00:00:00.000-07:002017-10-29T00:00:26.257-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHello <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> (and reading warriors)! I hope you enjoy another 10 sentence snippet from Never Say Die.<br />
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I laugh at that thought; I wouldn’t accept death, and I’m not dead! How funny is that? Pouring on a little more speed, I start to get into the flow of traffic, weaving through it. It’s familiar even though I haven’t experienced in a long time.<br />
Can I kill Evans without getting caught? I could use a blade, maybe one from his own house. They might be able to trace it to me, but nothing connects me to him. I wouldn’t even know his name except that we began using it as a curse word, “For Evans sake!”<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-86846237016601884542017-10-15T00:00:00.000-07:002017-10-15T00:00:04.582-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHello again! I've been absent from <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> for a couple of weeks. That happens when you're sick and the next weekend is a holiday, but I'm back now! To catch you up, Cassy is on her way to deal with the doctor that created the virus responsible for turning all adults into zombies.<br />
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Death has become such a regular part of my life that the fact Evans isn’t a meat sack yet doesn’t deter me one bit. He’s the source of the virus, therefore, he must be stopped before he creates it. Easiest way? Remove him, just like I’ve been removing meat sacks for months.<br />
Easiest way, how should I kill him? For the first time, I realize that I could be arrested, I could go to jail. There were no authorities where I came from. There was us and death, pretty simple choice. Rather, no choice. I wouldn’t accept death.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-23114963166650643982017-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:002017-10-01T00:00:02.682-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayWelcome to another week of Weekend Writing Warriors! I have another 8-10 sentences to share today, as do each of the other participants. Cassy just nabbed her Dad's keys and is racing away to stop the doctor that created the hell she lived in until something brought her back into her own past.<br />
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Getting on the interstate, I try to remember how far I have to go. Home is so much closer to ground zero, Albuquerque. We live in Gallup, just a quick drive away. It will take hours to get there from here, Monterey, California. I’ll probably pull in around eight or nine. Should I stop at the house? Is there anything there I need?<br />
Not really. Heph, but he can’t help me right now. It doesn’t take two of us to kill one man.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-65830199958660979082017-09-17T00:00:00.000-07:002017-09-17T00:00:02.223-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayStarting this Sunday where the last left off. If you aren't familiar, <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> each share 8-10 sentences once a week, and I have been posting snippets from the first chapter of Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story. Cassy has figured out that she is in her own past and has a chance to stop the zombie infection before it starts.<br />
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My mother’s shout is lost behind me as my hair falls out of its knot. My legs tangle in my skirt and I yank it higher, hoping there’s a knife or scissors in the glove box. I need to lose this hair and then I need to kill a very bad doctor, hopefully before he breeds the end of mankind.<br />
Jumping behind the wheel of the Caravan, my eye catches the bundle of threads dangling from the rear-view mirror with a silver fifteen attached.<br />
“Trippy.” I touch the blue and green gingerly. It’s almost as trippy as my hair and this dress. I haven’t worn anything like this in ages. Most of us wear some version of army fatigues. I turn the ignition and pull away.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-61434700771741117142017-09-10T00:00:00.000-07:002017-09-10T00:00:00.190-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdaySo Cassy has figured out that she's in her own past. We wrapped last week with her mother telling her that her high school graduation tassel is hanging in the car. I join the <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> in giving you another 8-10 sentences. What is she going to do with this knowledge?<br />
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“We still have the old Ford!” I remember how important a vehicle that was simple to fix became. The Taurus isn’t here, we came in the Caravan, but it’s waiting at home. “I can do something! Maybe I can stop the whole damn thing.” I give each of my parents another hug, digging in Dad’s pocket for his keys. “Call a cab. I’m taking the car. Trust me. Bye!”<br />
“Cassy? Cassy!”<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-58694304687983168642017-09-03T00:00:00.000-07:002017-09-03T07:42:21.457-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayTime for more <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a>. We each share 8-10 sentences on Sunday for your enjoyment. This is another taste from the first chapter of Never Say Die. I re-used the last two paragraphs to lead in. Cassy has just discovered that she's in her own past and her parents are confirming that.<br />
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"Manson is still in business? There haven’t been any...accidents?” I ask, trying to lead them.<br />
“No, honey, Manson? Since when are you interested in drug companies?” I can tell he thinks I’m on the drugs.<br />
“Just since they bred a super virus,” I mumble. “It’s really July tenth and I really just graduated a couple weeks ago?”<br />
“Yes, Cassy. Your tassel is still hanging from the mirror of the car.”<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-65672591999233299512017-08-27T00:00:00.000-07:002017-08-27T14:07:52.251-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayWelcome to <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a> where authors post 8-10 sentences from a published piece, work in progress or upcoming release. I've been sharing from the first chapter of Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story. Cassy is having a strange discussion with her parents.<br />
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“You were just walking into the surf and then sat on the shore. You were so happy a moment ago.” Dad rubs my shoulder. He’s a full seven inches taller than me and his strength is always reassuring. Of course, at his words I don’t need reassurance, I need to be grounded -- it can’t be true, can it?<br />
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“Shut up.” My mouth sags a little. “It’s really July tenth? Manson is still in business? There haven’t been any...accidents?”<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-54625072647831512872017-08-20T00:00:00.000-07:002017-08-20T00:00:10.413-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Yeah, well, it’s a pain in the ass when you don’t have reliable water and it gets caught in everything.” Absolutely true. After pulling most of a bush out of it the first night running from my rabid parents, I tamed it back. Then I got thrown into a pool of blood and wasn’t able to wash for two days. “That’s why I cut it off six months ago.”<br />
“Six months ago you were asking Julie to braid your hair,” My mother’s brow is knit in confusion and I’m starting to feel the same.<br />
“Yeah, if this really was July of ‘fifteen.” 2015, the year everything ended. 2016, the year those of us left tried to make a beginning.<br />
“But…it is.” The sun gleams off the top of my father’s head and I wonder why heaven wouldn’t give him back his hair.<br />
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“You love your hair, honey. You’ve been growing it out since you were four.” My mother tugs on a lock. She’s right. It was my pride and joy, the way the light bounced off it giving highlights and redness. It has a gentle wave that is neither too curly nor stick straight. It gives it volume off the top of my head, looking full and luxurious. My friends always told me I should model in shampoo commercials. However…<br />
“Yeah, well, it’s a pain in the ass when you don’t have reliable water and it gets caught in everything.”<br />
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“Cassy, wait!” My mom chases after me, her brown curls bouncing more than mine - shorter, the way my hair used to be. “Talk to us. Tell us what happened.”<br />
“You both died, okay? You were infected and turned into . . . them.” My voice cracks, and I stomp even harder. My stupid hair will not stay out of my mouth. “Bleh, and why give me back this?” I fight my hair into a knot.<br />
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“Mom?” I ask, choking on the word. “Dad?” I run to them and hug my mother tightly. Maybe I am in heaven.<br />
“Cassy? What’s wrong, honey? Weren’t you having fun?” she asks, smoothing my hair.<br />
“Fun?” I ask, incredulous. “Yeah, lots of fun. It’s great watching monsters tear apart everyone you love.” The tears that started at the sight of my parents multiply and roll down my cheeks. “Really riotous.”<br />
“Cassy?” my father asks in a serious tone. His blue eyes are as solid as his voice. “Are you okay?”<br />
“No, I’m not okay. I’m obviously dead.”<br />
My parents look at each other and I can see the questions they’re asking without speaking. What has gotten into her?<br />
“I’m not insane,” I argue, pulling away from them. “This place stinks.” I storm off wondering why, if this is heaven, they are acting so oddly?<br />
“Cassy, wait!” My mom chases after me, her brown curls bouncing more than mine. They’re shorter, the way my hair used to be. “Talk to us. Tell us what happened.”<br />
“You both died, okay? You were infected and turned into . . . them.” My voice cracks, and I stomp even harder. My stupid hair will not stay out of my mouth. “Bleh, and why give me back this?” I fight my hair into a knot.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-29206040015597966372017-07-16T00:00:00.000-07:002017-07-16T09:45:51.730-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHappy Sunday! Picking up where I left off, Cassy has spied her parents. But they're dead? Here are 8-10 sentences, as you can find from all the other <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a>.<br />
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“Mom?” I ask, choking on the word. “Dad?” I run to them and hug my mother tightly. Maybe I am in heaven.<br />
“Cassy, what’s wrong, honey? Weren’t you having fun?” she asks, smoothing my hair.<br />
“Fun?” I ask, incredulous. “Yeah, lots of fun. It’s great watching monsters tear apart everyone you love.” The tears that started at the sight of my parents multiply and roll down my cheeks. “Really riotous.”<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-9605278404495167512017-07-09T00:00:00.000-07:002017-07-09T00:00:15.011-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHow is your Sunday? I'm enjoying a round of <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a>. So many great stories! I'll be continuing from the first chapter of Never Say Die. We each have 8-10 sentences for you. Last week, Cassy found her parents, no longer dead.<br />
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“Cassy?” my father asks in a serious tone, blue eyes as solid as his voice. “Are you okay?”<br />
“No, I’m not okay. I’m obviously dead.”<br />
My parents look at each other and I can see the questions they’re asking without speaking. What has gotten into her?<br />
“I’m not insane,” I argue, pulling away from them. “This place stinks.” I storm off wondering why, if this is heaven, they are acting so oddly?<br />
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<br />Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-91678086608631100422017-06-25T00:00:00.000-07:002017-06-25T00:00:18.509-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayHow is your Sunday? Hope you are enjoying a trip to all the <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a>! I'm continuing Never Say Die. If you recall, Cassy was bitten and then mysteriously found herself on a beach.<br />
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Opening my eyes, I prepare for the worst.<br />
Wait a minute. I’ve been here before, months ago, before the incident, before the virus turned most of us into monsters. Why am I here?<br />
I start to get up and realize I’m wearing the same dress I wore a lifetime ago, and my dark hair is long, hanging in waves over my shoulder. I’m also wearing my contact lenses. How long since I had a pair of those? This is some dream. Heading back down the path that had brought me here so long ago, I find my parents — my dead parents.<br />
“Mom?” I ask, choking on the word, “Dad?”<br />
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My cockiness is my demise. I see something red in the distance as a monster bites into the side of my neck and I scream in pain and rage. My glasses are knocked from my head and I fall to my knees, everything going dark. I can’t die, there are too many people counting on me, too much to do. I don’t even know if Heph got the kids out.<br />
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My legs are wet. Why are my legs wet? I smell salt, and feel a breeze. Are there breezes in hell? I suppose I could be in heaven, but I doubt they’d take me.<br />
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I whirl to meet my opponent, blade raised.<br />
The brainless meat sack is fast and ugly as sin, slathered in crap and dirt, but he’ll be much prettier without that head. His black-red blood stains the snow, not mine, and I turn for his friend, adding another kill to my tally. Heph will be pissed when I pass him again.<br />
Heph saved me, literally. I was a crying, scared, running wreck when he took me under his wing, taught me to fight, to shoot, to hot wire a car, break into a building. His total kills topped mine for a long time, but I’ve learned and I’m faster than he is. My score grew with experience, slowly matching and overtaking his death toll. I was in the lead when we left Freetown, but he got to count all the bodies he mowed down in the truck, hardly fair. This mob should be enough to push me over again.<br />
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Kimberly Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14623715828708451552noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195168929115437360.post-36364254544420026272017-06-04T00:00:00.000-07:002017-06-04T00:00:21.560-07:00#WeWriWa Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story #zombie #paranormal #apocalyptic #groundhogdayWelcome to another Sunday with the <a href="http://wewriwa.com/">Weekend Writing Warriors</a>! It's that time when we each share 8-10 sentences for a piece, published or in progress, to lure you in. I'm continuing from the first chapter of Never Say Die. In the previous/first excerpt Cassy is baring her back to the zombies in an effort to lure them closer when they attack. Not the brightest move, but as she said in the last line last week: Sometimes we really are just a bunch of stupid kids.<br />
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Why didn’t we bring more ammunition? I’m definitely finding reloads before we head back. This city is hardly stripped at all. We aren’t here for supplies but people.<br />
The graffiti on the wall is fresh, “We are inside.” Smart kids; the meat sacks don’t have enough sense to read, and even if they do make out the words, they don’t understand. Other kids, like Heph and me, we can read just fine.<br />
I shiver slightly in the cold, but the tension I have coiled in muscles, ready to pounce, is keeping me warm. The icy wind ruffles my short spiky hair, and I add hats and scarves to the shopping list when we have the kids and can raid the town. What is taking Heph so long, anyway?<br />
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And if you still want to curse me, you're welcome to do so.<br />
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And here is a tease from the opening of Sovereignty.<br />
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Ducat Mark kept his eyes down as he approached the dais. Something urgent brought him here rather than taking time in the baths and meeting her tomorrow. Vanto Nancy had graciously abbreviated her report to give him the floor.<br />
“What brings you home early?” Eve asked.<br />
“I bring a message from Yvonne of Thalla.” He paused and licked his dark brown lips. Nervousness showed in his darting black eyes and the sweat he wiped from his palms.<br />
The High One pursed her lips. She had a suspicion she knew what the message was. “Go on, Highness.”<br />
“We will not conduct trade with a...” He trailed off and ran his hand through his black curls.<br />
“A servant,” Eve finished for him. “I am not ashamed of who I am or where I came from, Highness. If our trade partners cannot accept that, we will do more business with those who will.”<br />
“Yes, High One,” he murmured, bowing his head again. His shame at delivering the message was obvious.<br />
Eve drummed her nails on the wooden arm of the chair. It was the same one Mother used. The plainness wasn't meant to reflect her lowly origins, only be comfortable. She looked to the table on her right where her Second should sit. Louis, however, was not present. He had attended her morning meeting, but they agreed his time was well spent in the lab.<br />
Looking to her left, she found her secretary, Ernst Alexander. “Please make a note, Honored. I will write a letter to Thalla, thanking them for their direct and forward message.”<br />
Ducat Mark looked up, eyes wide.<br />
“Don't worry, Mark, I will not ask you to deliver it. I will have one of the Ernst or common messengers do so. They don't deserve the respect of one of our higher elite.” She pushed up from her chair and walked toward the Ducat. “Come, let me walk you to the baths. You have had a long trip and should rest. If you wish, you needn't come to dinner tonight.”<br />
“I won't miss it, High One,” Mark assured her, opening the door to the humidity of the baths. Eve spied her former roommate and friend, Pearl, among the servants heating water and holding towels for elite as they finished in the tubs. The woman didn't look toward the High One, however, keeping her attention on her task.<br />
With a hand on his shoulder, a sign of good service for those lower than him, Eve turned to go.<br />
Mark looked at her. “High One?” he asked, confused.<br />
She shook her head. Elite rarely touched one another. “I only wanted to thank you for all your hard work. I meant no slight.”<br />
“None taken, High One,” he said with a broader smile. “It is an honor to represent Fontive. I only hope we have another neighbor who would welcome me.”<br />
Eve's smile fell slightly. There likely wasn't. Mark would need a new portfolio, probably dealing with internal matters. She brightened again. “Or perhaps you can help the Second in the lab. He is powering more devices all the time and we need people to explore what is on them.”<br />
“I would like that. Thank you, High One.”<br />
This time, rather than disgrace him with her first response, she used the appropriate reply. She bent her knees slightly and bowed her head. “Thank you.”<br />
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