A snippet from my current WIP...The residents of the enchanted town of Jordan Village have something to hide it seems...
...But the safety and serenity
of small town life is like a house of glass, an illusion that with one wrong
misstep can come crashing down and shatter into pieces at your feet. The
fortunate ones understand this early on in life, learning the hard way is the
only way I am afraid. The rest, the unfortunate ones, who either through
ignorance or naivety remain in the dark, are simply washed out to sea when the
storm hits.
There is something old and
ancient that lives in our little area of the world. It is different here, the
uneasy ghosts of the past forever scar the ground in New England. If you were
to care to, you could perhaps ask the folks from Sleepy Hollow, New York or
Salem, Massachusetts about the veil that obscures the many secrets of their
residents. It’s alive and fed by the people who live there, a living,
surreptitious entity. As Stephen King once wrote of small town folks, “…we can
keep a secret when we have to”…… “And the people who live there keep them
still.”
Goosebumps! Excellent snippet, Cynthia! I'm in! I want to readmore.
ReplyDeleteYour words are almost like poetry, washing me into the setting, and they're also very prophetic...foreboding, a warning. Or maybe they're a challenge, an "I dare you to read further..."
Yep...goosebumps. Good 8. :-)
Very atmospheric and foreboding and intriguing and...I may run out of adjectives here! Great snippet, can't wait to learn more about this spooky place.
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet-very chilling. I'm l looking forward to the rest.
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