Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday. Snippets of ten sentences or less are yours for the reading!
Today’s snippet comes from Book Two of The Black Wing Chronicles ~ Taking a week off from title worries.
This week’s snippet comes from a scene that is one of the oldest parts of my story canon. The idea for this scene dates back to 1984. Though it had been referenced many times over the years, it had never even been written until NOW!!
This is the scene in which Blade Devon leaves the perks of his Inner Circle affiliation and his holofeature career for the seedy galactic underbelly of the Sub-socia. A gunfight at an audition in a theater on the studio lot provides Blade just the right opportunity to change careers and escape the IC security detail sent not only to protect him from attempts on his life, but to drag him kicking and screaming back to a desk job on Trisdos at the end of a month’s time.
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Blade switched off the engine and dismounted the cycle then reached for the straps holding his helmet in place. As he pulled it off, he heard the faint sounds of a commotion from the theater as one of the emergency doors flew open. Blade’s head snapped around. A young actress, burst through, running as if the terrors of hell chased her.
Nyla Losh was too beautiful to be real — which was a good indication that her beauty was surgically enhanced — but she had all of three expressions and a completely monotone line delivery. She was only marginally better in bed. The only reason his affair with her had lasted through principal shooting of the one holofeature they’d made together had been because the producer begged him not to end it until they’d wrapped. It had been the only way to make their onscreen love scenes believable.
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Hee hee…the last paragraph made me chuckle and smile. Though, is it just me or have I seen that first paragraph before in one of these snippets?
Snippet, no. This was the short story you beta’d for me.
Ah, I knew it sounded familiar… 🙂
Ah, the dedication to one’s craft…
Since 1984?! I’d say this scene is WAY overdue! I don’t want to wait another week to read more of this.
I think you have to. I don’t have it posted anywhere else. 🙂
Ha, that last paragraph is wonderful!
Thanks!
Good stuff, and glad to see after close to thirty years of it knocking around in your brain!!
It was either fermenting or getting moldy, I’m not sure which.
What else have you got locked up in that wonderful brain of yours? Specifically, are there any more, racier, bits with Blade?
Indeed!
I like this look into his past relationship. You’ve got great descriptions that really paint what it was between them. So, now what will come of them? Enjoyable snippet.
I’ve got these scheduled to post through the end of the year. You’ll see!
The entertainment industry never really changes. Just the technology.
LOL!! My thoughts exactly!
Great scene. As a theatre veteran, it made me chuckle.
Thanks! They say to write what you know. In my misspent youth, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to write, act, or work in television. I’m blessed enough to have done time in all three.
Lmao, only marginally better in bed! Not a great performer then. 😛
Ooh, bitchy Blade! Hehe, great snippet 😀