Excerpt Two · 1:41am Jun 16th, 2016
Suddenly it was in front of him. There was the vague suggestion of a human form, superimposed on a massive beast made from solid stone, somehow squeezed into the tiny street between buildings. He didn’t know what it was, exactly, something long-fanged and long-legged with eyes of hazy quartz and pricked, attentive ears. It snarled at him, peering down from roof height, crouched and poised to spring.
If there was any fear, it was vague and far away, a shadow washed out by Celeste’s light. Instead he flexed his hands, holding them ready at his side as he peered up through the rain. “Who are you looking for?”
Amir had no idea if it could actually understand him. He well knew the dissolution that came from being cast off the supporting pillars of the gods left little in the way of actual human. What stood before him were the tangled remnants of a person and the blood of a dead god, closer to a force of nature than a thinking being. A monster.
The beast answered with a snarl and lunged, the huge head darting down toward him, just as Amir’s hands flashed out, fingers finding its tremendous muzzle. The memories, the knowledge of what it was like to exist that way, unformed, unshaped, with little in the way of bounds or limits, with the stale breath of failed divinity in his lungs, were long gone. He’d lost them, or they had been taken. But his hands had never forgotten.
Ten tons of angry rock stopped dead.
Is this from a story you are working on? It is captivating, and leaves me hungy for more :)
Fascinating, dramatic, and tantalizing. I am eager for more, should it come.
What is this?
4025839 You might want to to look up the previous posts, but it's a teaser section for a novel he's writing: http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/578467/a-change-of-plans
The excerpts already make it sound at least as interesting as the last, and I'm looking forward to it.
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From the novel I am currently working on.
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How wonderful! I neglected to tell you Daetrin, but a few months past I bought and read your novel The Demon of Cliffside, and cherished every moment reading it. The characterization was so authentic, and the ending felt genuine- not one catered to the reader, but one that the characters would really have come to.
To me, characters that feel real and worlds that reflect that authenticity are rare works of brilliance, and really differentiate novice authors and authors such as yourself. I look forward to your next novel!
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Gotcha. Exciting fantasy story inspired by apotheverse. Sounds interesting, I'm sure you'll let us know when it's done.