Rainbow Snippet

I’m pretty heartbroken after everything that has happened in this country this week so I have little else to say. I’m just going to share this snippet and go. I’ve hardly been able to write at all.

I’m picking up with These Haunted Hills where I left off. Josh and Brendan are discussing getting a ladder to look into the upper floor where they thought they saw a shadow moving in the haunted hotel.

Josh nodded. “We might be able to use one to peek inside though. We’ll need to test the wall and see if it’s sturdy enough to bear any sort of weight.”

“We can do that. Might have to be you. You’re limber like a squirrel.”

Josh felt eyes on him. He turned off the camera, realizing Brendan’s gaze no longer raked the tree tops.

“I’m clumsy. I would find a way to fall off the ladder in the most comical way possible,” he continued.

Josh laughed hard. “Surely it’s not as bad as that.”

“I’m surprised I haven’t fallen over a hill yet trailing after you.”

“You just have to keep your eyes on the roots.”

“That’s not where my eyes are usually looking.”

The throatiness of Brendan’s response brought heat to Josh’s cheeks. Brendan’s lake deep eyes burned. Josh swallowed hard, trying to stave off the fire spreading down him to unrulier parts.

“Oh,” was all he could say. He meant to say something witty, he wanted to be suave but he could barely breathe, every nerve sparking.

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Rainbow Snippets

I don’t even know how it’s the weekend. I’m behind on everything so I’ll keep this short. I’m picking right up with These Haunted Hills right where we left off. Brendan and Joshua are outside the murder hotel and saw something moving in the second story window.

“Look to see if there’s anything in the trees that would be casting a shadow that direction,” he ordered.

Brendan spun in a slow circle, head canted back as he obeyed. “Nothing. I don’t think it could just be leaves. It’s too solid.”

“Damn, it’s gone.” Josh kept the camera trained on the window. “There’s no way of getting up there from the inside.”

“Doesn’t look safe to bring a ladder and try from out here. We’d probably end up going through what’s left of the floor.”

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The semester is over. I can delve into my research now. Or I could watch crap off my DVR which is 97% full. But lately what I’ve been doing is listening to Murder Squad, Morbid, Mountain Murders, My Favorite Murder and This Podcast Will Kill You, podcasts….

Picking up where I left off with These Haunted Hills Josh and Brendan are headed back to the haunted murder hotel.

Josh thrilled every time Brendan brought the book up. He’d never been there for the birth of a novel and there was something contagious about Brendan’s excitement. They were within the shadow of the ruins, staring into the broken windows. Brendan jumped, grabbing Josh’s arm.

“Did you see that?” he pointed up at the remains of the second story window.

“No.”

“There.”

Brendan gesticulated wildly. Something dark moved across the window as if pacing. It was too tall to be a raccoons or other animal. It didn’t move like one. If there was anything Josh knew, it was how the local wildlife moved. He whipped up his camera, trying to capture the movement.

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I almost didn’t play along this week as I’m in the middle of grading all the things and didn’t get time to read last week. I’ll have to play catch up.

Still with These Haunted Hills

Joshua couldn’t be more aware of someone being in his orbit than he was of Brendan at this very moment. They trucked along the trail from the hotel, hopefully having some good evidence on their recordings. They had explored the grounds more, trying to see if they could get a hint as to where Diana had buried many of her kills. They didn’t want to go back inside until he could assemble the team to really document the haunts systemically but it stood to reason that the ghosts would be lingering on the grounds.

Brendan loved the idea. It sounded like something his characters would do and would probably be menaced as they did it

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Still working on the house clean up but I did finish camp nano but not the actual project. Ah well.

Picking up from last week’s bit for These Haunted Hills where Josh and Brendan are fire side talking about his new novel’s first draft.

So, you made mention of reading to me.” Josh beamed.

“So I did.” Brendan put his messenger bag in his lap and extracted the computer. “Keep in mind it’s super rough.”

“I’ve been warned.”

Brendan pulled up the file. He hadn’t read a story in this state out loud to anyone but Kristen in years. Somehow it felt right. With the glow of the computer bright in the night, Brendan started to read.

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