This is the first of my weekly free fiction series. Sometimes it will be a short story and sometimes it'll be an excerpt. This weeks offering is an excerpt from Prunella Smith:Worlds Within Worlds, but like quite a few of the scenes in that book, it's also a short story. Normally, the Friday Fiction will be available for one week only, but I'm going on holiday next week for a couple of weeks, so you'll have longer to read it before I delete it and replace it with something else. My feet pounded the hard earth, jarring my bones, but I couldn’t stop. The monster closed in behind me, his breath coming in hard, loud pants. I tripped and stumbled over a fallen branch, only just saving myself from a fall. An evil chuckle reverberated through the darkening forest. ‘I’m going to get you, bitch.’ The chill in the beast’s voice sent shivers down my spine. I ran faster, my legs burning with the effort, and looked desperately for somewhere to hide, somewhere to escape this monster set on … [Read more...]
An excerpt from ‘Lichgates’, a YA epic fantasy by S.M.Boyce
Today we have an excerpt from S. M. Boyce’s Lichgates, the first in the epic fantasy Grimoire Trilogy. With a unique blend of action, lifelike characters, and breathtaking imagery, Lichgates will keep you riveted and turning page after page to the heart-pumping finale. On S.M's blog today, she has an exerpt from 'You Can't Shatter Me." I hope you can pop over there and have a read. Synopsis for Lichgates (Grimoire Trilogy #1): The Grimoire turns its own pages and can answer any question asked of it, and Kara Magari is its next target. Kara has no idea what she's getting herself into when she stumbles across the old book while hiking a hidden trail. Once she opens it, she's thrown into Ourea: a beautiful world full of terrifying things that all want the Grimoire's secrets. Everyone in this new world is trying to find her, and most want to control her. Braeden Drakonin grew up in Ourea, and all he’s ever known of life is lying. The Grimoire is his one chance at redemption, and it … [Read more...]
