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The Blood Witch Easter Preview Release Drive - April 2
11 years ago
Announcing a special holiday treat!
Every day from now until Easter Sunday I will be posting an excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Blood Witch, right up until April 18, when I will be releasing a preview version of the first few chapters of the work (which won't include some of the excerpts I will be posting; some of those occur much later in the book). After that, I may consider releasing additional pieces of following chapters one by one every week until a certain predetermined chapter limit is reached (so I don't just give the entire book away for free), but only if demand is so high that folks are scrambling for it.
But more than simply sharing a taste of things to come, I encourage all my readers and fans to retweet the excerpts - or at least, a link back to the journal containing the excerpt - and/or to repost them on Facebook, Myspace, Livejournal, blogs, FA and DA journal notes, writing and reading enthusiast forums... anyplace you can get a foothold in. Just spread the word. Together, let's get the hype out there before it even ever goes to print.
And more to the point, let's get eyeballs on my page and drive some interest in my work. =)
They say it's the golden age of social media, so let's take this thing and make it trend. I've never gotten around to making a Twitter account myself - and I tend to avoid Facebook and Myspace - but I know many of you do, and your help would be so greatly appreciated. Together, let's make this thing a hit before it's even ever released.
Well... assuming it's worthy, anyway.
But enough modesty... on to today's part of the story:
Her eyes are only beginning to focus on his expression when she suddenly feels a curious sensation... a tingling in the back of her mind... then a rush of emotions and thoughts as he activates her telepathic powers, an abrupt flow of violent thoughts and imagery flooding her mind as they look into each other's thoughts. It's a rush of tortuous visions and malevolent thoughts that has even her – among the worst of all – gasping and recoiling in horror, shrinking back into the metal table.
But after only a moment, she begins to feel at the far reaches of his mind, peeking at the hidden thoughts and memories kept far away at the back... then gasps as he suddenly breaks their link, shutting down her mindreading before she can see anything else. Momentarily stunned, she nevertheless has enough capacity to ask herself a broken question, thinking, “Did he just... was I...?”
Humming across from her, the demon muses to himself, considering her with a suddenly contemplative expression, the smirk having since drained from his face... apparently ignoring the trigger for her momentary inner monologue. “Hmm... so you have developed that ability... but you can't control it very well, either...”
His head then tilts sideways, the demon regarding her with an almost curious gaze. “And so you never used it much... unsettling, isn't it?”
The sneer returns, and he watches her breathe in quick, deep breaths, attempting to recollect herself as she looks back on him with wide, terrified eyes. “I would have thought you, of all people, would have been able to understand the depths of malevolence.”
She can think of nothing to say to him, and so turns her head away, looking down to the floor as she avoids his eyes... unable to meet them. And he is right; after everything she's done, she – of all people – should have been prepared for that barrage... because after all, she's done almost as bad to others in her life.
“Look at me, Sina,” he then abruptly commands, his voice rumbling and menacing.
But when she doesn't obey – keeping her gaze on the floor to their side – he growls louder, his voice echoing from the walls as he shouts out, “Look at me!”
Shutting her eyes tight, she turns her head away and grimaces, moisture beginning to form behind her eyelids as her breath draws in tight, wavering heaves... she just can't meet his gaze, knowing that she's just as bad as him; a monster, through and through. She hears him draw a deep, rumbling breath... but he doesn't move. For a long moment, nothing happens; the two of them simply waiting, one unwilling to look, and the other unwilling to bend.
Finally, however, she hears him clench a fist – the cold, gnarled skin tightening audibly – then rumble from deep in his chest, “Perhaps playtime is over, then...”
The Blood Witch is copyright © 2014 KL Sanchez. Second revision, 2014.
Content of released previews & excerpts is subject to change in future and final release versions.
Preview Series:
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
April 19
The Blood Witch Preview Release.
Every day from now until Easter Sunday I will be posting an excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Blood Witch, right up until April 18, when I will be releasing a preview version of the first few chapters of the work (which won't include some of the excerpts I will be posting; some of those occur much later in the book). After that, I may consider releasing additional pieces of following chapters one by one every week until a certain predetermined chapter limit is reached (so I don't just give the entire book away for free), but only if demand is so high that folks are scrambling for it.
But more than simply sharing a taste of things to come, I encourage all my readers and fans to retweet the excerpts - or at least, a link back to the journal containing the excerpt - and/or to repost them on Facebook, Myspace, Livejournal, blogs, FA and DA journal notes, writing and reading enthusiast forums... anyplace you can get a foothold in. Just spread the word. Together, let's get the hype out there before it even ever goes to print.
And more to the point, let's get eyeballs on my page and drive some interest in my work. =)
They say it's the golden age of social media, so let's take this thing and make it trend. I've never gotten around to making a Twitter account myself - and I tend to avoid Facebook and Myspace - but I know many of you do, and your help would be so greatly appreciated. Together, let's make this thing a hit before it's even ever released.
Well... assuming it's worthy, anyway.
But enough modesty... on to today's part of the story:
Her eyes are only beginning to focus on his expression when she suddenly feels a curious sensation... a tingling in the back of her mind... then a rush of emotions and thoughts as he activates her telepathic powers, an abrupt flow of violent thoughts and imagery flooding her mind as they look into each other's thoughts. It's a rush of tortuous visions and malevolent thoughts that has even her – among the worst of all – gasping and recoiling in horror, shrinking back into the metal table.
But after only a moment, she begins to feel at the far reaches of his mind, peeking at the hidden thoughts and memories kept far away at the back... then gasps as he suddenly breaks their link, shutting down her mindreading before she can see anything else. Momentarily stunned, she nevertheless has enough capacity to ask herself a broken question, thinking, “Did he just... was I...?”
Humming across from her, the demon muses to himself, considering her with a suddenly contemplative expression, the smirk having since drained from his face... apparently ignoring the trigger for her momentary inner monologue. “Hmm... so you have developed that ability... but you can't control it very well, either...”
His head then tilts sideways, the demon regarding her with an almost curious gaze. “And so you never used it much... unsettling, isn't it?”
The sneer returns, and he watches her breathe in quick, deep breaths, attempting to recollect herself as she looks back on him with wide, terrified eyes. “I would have thought you, of all people, would have been able to understand the depths of malevolence.”
She can think of nothing to say to him, and so turns her head away, looking down to the floor as she avoids his eyes... unable to meet them. And he is right; after everything she's done, she – of all people – should have been prepared for that barrage... because after all, she's done almost as bad to others in her life.
“Look at me, Sina,” he then abruptly commands, his voice rumbling and menacing.
But when she doesn't obey – keeping her gaze on the floor to their side – he growls louder, his voice echoing from the walls as he shouts out, “Look at me!”
Shutting her eyes tight, she turns her head away and grimaces, moisture beginning to form behind her eyelids as her breath draws in tight, wavering heaves... she just can't meet his gaze, knowing that she's just as bad as him; a monster, through and through. She hears him draw a deep, rumbling breath... but he doesn't move. For a long moment, nothing happens; the two of them simply waiting, one unwilling to look, and the other unwilling to bend.
Finally, however, she hears him clench a fist – the cold, gnarled skin tightening audibly – then rumble from deep in his chest, “Perhaps playtime is over, then...”
The Blood Witch is copyright © 2014 KL Sanchez. Second revision, 2014.
Content of released previews & excerpts is subject to change in future and final release versions.
Preview Series:
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
April 19
The Blood Witch Preview Release.
