Happy Sunday everyone! 🙂
I am posting another excerpt from my short story The Angel Genome published in the Extinct doesn’t Mean forever Anthology, out now in electronic format!
Lucia lost her son, Sam, in an accident six months ago. Her husband is involved in a cloning project, and now tells her they’ve cloned an angel – a little boy called Zeph.
So, meet Zeph. 🙂
His chubby hands clenched and unclenched at his sides, pale against the khaki shorts. His legs were strong for a child his age, muscles showing in his calves. He didn’t move when she took a few steps toward him, only lifted his head to look up at her, to keep the eye contact.
A brave kid.
She knelt before him. His pale skin looked marshmallow soft, his cheeks still plump like a baby’s, his white hair silken and shiny, curling a little at the temples. He was so little. His size made her eyes sting.
From the start when I wrote this story I thought of it as a prologue to a novel telling Zeph’s story. I really hope one day to find the time to write it.
Be sure to check out the excerpt of other authors clicking here.
Also, for a bit of shameless self-promotion:
My novella Dioscuri (urban YA fantasy, retelling of a Greek myth) is out now with MuseItUp Publishing – and today (Sunday 20th March) there is a sale of 50% on all titles! Just use the code MA2011S in the discount box.
Ciao, I’m heading there now myself. 🙂
His chubby hands clenched and unclenched at his sides, pale against the khaki shorts. His legs were strong for a child his age, muscles showing in his calves. He didn’t move when she took a few steps toward him, only lifted his head to look up at her, to keep the eye contact.
She knelt before him. His pale skin looked marshmallow soft, his cheeks still plump like a baby’s, his white hair silken and shiny, curling a little at the temples. He was so little. His size made her eyes sting.
[-1]Here also the period is underlined.
How sweet! A baby angel. 🙂 Congrats on both releases!
What a nice snippet! Congrats on your book release!
Totally intriguing. I want to read more right now.
I love the idea behind this story. The description of Zeph is fantastic, he’s beautiful and errie and wonderfully drawn.
fascinating subject
Nice snippet! I hope you’ll share more.
Nice description! The whole idea sounds very intriguing.
This is so unique. And, I couldn’t help but to think: he’s a cherub but what will he be later when he grows up?
lol! Excellent thought!
Ah, he sounds like a cherub. Great description.
Very sweet.
Congrats again! I’m glad you’re thinking of the story as the beginning of a novel… I was wondering how you could fit all that wonderful writing and the possible issues into a story!
Cute little cherub you’ve created there. Adorable, but ethereal, and just a little bit spooky.
Such a cute description! Intrigued to hear more on this tale. 🙂
Oh, the ethics. It’s such a sweet scene with such a long shadow. good work.
He sounds cute! Bet he’ll be something when he grows up.
Nice snippet. Such a great description.
I can’t tell yet if this is sweet or really scary. Interested in finding out though!
Such a great snippet. I’m with Eleri. Since I’m not sure of genre, I can’t decide whether to think it’s sweet or be spooked!
It is SF and not too scary on the whole – not yet! 🙂
Thank you all for the great comments! So glad it had both the sweet and scary undertones as it should!
Oh, that’s poignant!
OMG, OMG, OMG. You just squeezed my heart.
The emotion here is breathtaking! WTG!