Six Sentence Sunday, and since that’s the only thing I’ve got time to post at this point on my blog (and I like it, too!), here goes one last snippet from The Angel Genome.
After losing her son, Sam, Lucia has decided that moving on is the only way to keep sane. Which is why Zeph’s question hurts:
His eyes sobered, not a child’s eyes, more serious, more grown-up than they ought to be. He held onto her hand. “Mama?”
The word tore through her like a knife, left her gasping.
“No.” She pried his fingers off her hand and stood, shaking her head over and over, trying to control the urge to run.
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March 27th, 2011 at 11:19 am
Very disturbing, implying so much in so few words.
Great six!
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March 27th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
This is very heart-wrenching. Great six.
March 27th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
So very sad and wrenching. Excellent writing!
March 27th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
You play on very strong emotions, and do it so well!!
March 27th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
The worst kind of pain, rendered poignantly. Touching six.
March 27th, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Poor Lucia. I can’t imagine her pain. You do a great job with it.
March 27th, 2011 at 5:51 pm
Powerful sentences. Nice snippet.
March 27th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
The more I read of this, the more I am intrigued. Going to have to check it out. 🙂
March 27th, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Intriguing snippet. I was immediately drawn from the first sentence. Great job! 🙂
March 27th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Wow, powerful and heart wrenching!
March 27th, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Beautiful and poignant. I love it.
March 27th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
A mother’s desperate need to protect her child…intensely displayed.
March 27th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Oh…that broke my heart. The pain is so evident in this. Very good job!
March 27th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Aw, so sad. I really feel for him. And her.
Great six.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Oh, wow, that is powerful.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Great six! I could feel the heart-breaking emotion from her–and the boy’s hopefulness.
March 27th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
This snip really made me feel for both of them. Great six.
March 28th, 2011 at 12:02 am
HEre you manage to elicit a lot of emotion from words not written. Nicely done.
March 28th, 2011 at 12:46 am
I can feel her pain
March 28th, 2011 at 1:33 am
I don’t know who I have more sympathy for. Great six.
March 28th, 2011 at 8:46 am
Poor Zeph! Poor Lucia! What a profound scene!
March 28th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Oh, how sad! 😦
March 28th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Good emotion here. Sad stuff.
March 29th, 2011 at 1:42 am
Gut-wrenchingly sad. The emotion really comes through in just those few simple lines – well done!
March 30th, 2011 at 3:43 am
aww… heart wrenching write!