Saturday, December 31, 2011

43rd Six Sentence Sunday, starting the new year with a bang...

Welcome back Six Sunday friends. I'm digressing a little from The Falstaff Vampire Files because the second Josephine Fuller book, Large Target just came out and I have to celebrate with suitable fireworks.

After a night of passion that took an unexpected turn toward dawn Josephine and Mulligan have a serious talk over breakfast. They're on Coronado Island near San Diego where automobiles rule, so she tries to lighten the mood with some car talk...

"Come on, I'll walk you to your car," Mulligan said.

As we reached the parking lot at the hotel, I decided to show off the car I was borrowing, Mrs. Madrone's Lexus. "The remote control is hooked into the alarm so it makes the most amazing sound. Listen to this," I said, whipping out the remote as we headed for the Lexus.

I pressed the button and a deafening explosion shattered the car's windows and rocked it on its tires. I jumped back against Mulligan who was already pulling me away from the hot slap of air and spatter of glass.

For a good time check out the dozens of other Six Sunday writers who will be offering up New Year's surprises in six sentence doses at Six Sentence Sunday.

14 comments:

  1. Wow, what a six! Quite a bang to start off the new year. Well done!

    Congrats on your new release and all the best in 2012! :)

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  2. Thanks, Jessica--Happy New Year to you too!

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  3. Congratulations on your new release, Lynne! Great intense six. That totally caught me by surprise. Well done! :)

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  4. "the most amazing sound..." Crazy twist there. Love it.

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  5. I have to read this. Josephine is in a class of her own. Fantastic six!

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  6. Thanks, Siobhan/Meg and Eleri--the New Year's release and the explosion in the book were more than I could resist!

    Much appreciation, Gem, if you happen to be an Amazon Prime member you can borrow it free under their Select lending library program!

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  7. I see what you meant about fireworks. Great Six, caught me totally by surprise.

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  8. Great action, and what a surprise!

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  9. She did a demo on a killer gadget, but not the one she thought...

    Geez, awesome stuff. I didn't even see that coming. Hot dang.

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  10. I love a good explosion.

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  11. Oops, not quite the sound she intended! Great 6!!

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  12. I'd say that alarm needs a tad work. Great 6

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  13. Happy New Year! I just want to catch up with y'all as soon as I can
    Yep - that started with a bang all right! a bomb?

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  14. Thank all you guys for visiting and commenting, I'm getting a slow start on the New Year but I'll visit you all in the next day or two!

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