The Sunday Snippets
are fun and, in a stroke of unforeseen luck, a great way to poke the sages into
action. Someday I need to do a post about those pesky little imps.
But not today.
Instead, it's time for a little preview of another work in progress. Tonight's
feature is from Chasing the Sun, a tightly focused short story about the
fallout the male character experiences when he's ordered to do something that
goes against what he believes in.
Here's a tag line:
Chance Martin and Rena
Chavez are best friends, and maybe something more, if their work will stop getting
in the way. But when Chance can't deal with a set of orders to remove an
admiral with lethal action, he starts a downward spiral he can't stop. Rena has
to pull him back from the edge, no easy task because she always follows orders.
And here's the wee
sneaky peek…
Chance Martin shut the water off
and stepped out of the shower stall. He scrubbed a towel over his face and
head, mopping up the rivulets before they could drip any further. The end to a
very shitty month in sight, he finished drying off, wrapped the towel around
his waist and grabbed his kit.
Rack time in ten. God, he
actually looked forward to it. He had to be tired enough to sleep tonight. If
he didn't get some solid, honest to goodness rest soon, he'd lose his mind.
Right. Chance figured he'd
already pretty much lost it. How he'd managed to keep it from everyone else
kind of amazed him.
When had his life become such a
mess? Okay, okay. He knew when. Hell, he even knew how. But everyone had a crap
life, in general. War had a nasty way of sucking the joy out of everything.
He just wished he knew why. He
had no idea what they were even still fighting for anymore. And that bothered
him. Once upon a time, he'd had a solid grip on the answers.
Now?
Not so much.
The freedom he held dear—to
choose between right and wrong—no longer seemed black and white. The line
between good and evil no longer straight, a murky shade of gray emerged and the
division blurred beyond recognition.
It's a good thing
Chance has Rena in his corner. He's got some major issues to work through and
she'll hopefully push him to a better place.
Until next week, catch
everyone on the flip!
ML Skye
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