renee stevens *Sneak Peek* Sci-Fi Prequel

[Renee Stevens]

Just a short little snippet to what will hopefully be the Prequel novella for the Sci-Fi story I want to write....

 

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“Day?”

Dayton looked up from his seat at the kitchen table. “Yeah?” He stood when Colin looked like he was going to fall over and helped his husband to a chair. “You okay?”

 

He was  surprised to see Colin up and about. For the last week, Colin had been sick and all but quarantined himself in their bedroom. The only time Dayton had even seen his husband was when he took him meals, and even then, Colin made him leave immediately. Dayton understood. Colin didn’t want him getting sick, or passing on whatever he had to their daughter. As much as he understood, Dayton’s back missed their bed, and Dayton missed his husband.

“I don’t think so.” Colin didn’t look it either. His face was pale, his skin sweaty, and even his voice lacked life. “I think we should take me to the medical center to get scanned.”

“No.” Dayton refused to believe that Colin could be infected. “It’s just a cold. You’ll be better in a few days.”

Colin shook his head. “It’s been a week, Day. And instead of feeling better, I’m getting worse.” Colin reached out and took one of Dayton’s hands in his cold clammy one. “We have to know. I can’t risk you or Sheena getting infected. You know I’m right.”

Dayton did, but that didn’t mean he had to like it. If Colin was infected, that was it. He’d lose his husband as soon as he walked through the scanners.

[FormerMember4]

Infected with what? I’m sold. Bring it on! 🤗 

[Wesley8890]

Omg I do want to read this one!!

[Brayon]

Awesome little sneak peek.

[Renee Stevens]

56 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

Infected with what? I’m sold. Bring it on! 🤗 

 

54 minutes ago, Wesley8890 said:

Omg I do want to read this one!!

 

5 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Awesome little sneak peek.

 

Thanks all! i'm about 1,500 words into the first chapter

 

[Reader1810]

 

9 minutes ago, Renee Stevens said:

 

 

 

Thanks all! i'm about 1,500 words into the first chapter

 

 

I second what @BlindAmbition @Wesley8890 and @BHopper2 said. 

 

I’m hooked!  

 

Edited April 7, 2018 by Reader1810

[Mikiesboy]

you gotta finish it now, young lady .... you have dug a hole and are standing at the bottom...  start writin'   hehe

[CassieQ]

Looks so awesome!

[Renee Stevens]

41 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

 

 

I second what @BlindAmbition @Wesley8890 and @BHopper2 said. 

 

I’m hooked!  

 

 

26 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

you gotta finish it now, young lady .... you have dug a hole and are standing at the bottom...  start writin'   hehe

 

24 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Looks so awesome!

 

Thanks! Hopefully it won't take me too long to get it ready to post!

[Mann Ramblings]

I love knowing what comes next!  (I miss the dancing smiley emote - it was far more taunting lol)

[Renee Stevens]

1 hour ago, Mann Ramblings said:

I love knowing what comes next!  (I miss the dancing smiley emote - it was far more taunting lol)

 

You are so bad, lol.

 

[Renee Stevens]

Gotta give credit where credit is due. Y'all can thank @MacGreg Sir for this idea. He suggested doing a short story based on the Sci-Fi one I want to do. My original idea based off of his was journal entries, and then having my actual Sci-Fi story MC being a descendant of the main character for the "short". Plans are great to have, but when I sat down to start on it, this is what came to me. The story currently sits at about 2,600 words and most likely will end up being a novella.

[Timothy M.]

5 hours ago, Mann Ramblings said:

I love knowing what comes next!  (I miss the dancing smiley emote - it was far more taunting lol)

 

You could use these:    

 

I'm looking forward to the story, Renee.  

[Renee Stevens]

12 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

 

You could use these:    

 

I'm looking forward to the story, Renee.  

 

Thanks, Tim! And yeah, those would work.

[Carlos Hazday]

You're such a tease...

 

I could help you get back at @Mann Ramblingsbut he's holding a chapter of mine hostage and I have to play nice.

 

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Back to writing, Mountain Lady. I'm looking forward to reading the story.

Edited April 8, 2018 by Carlos Hazday

[MacGreg]

you certainly know how to capture your reader's attention! This is a great sneak peek, renee. Keep it going, and I look forward to reading more.

[Renee Stevens]

2 hours ago, Carlos Hazday said:

You're such a tease...

 

I could help you get back at @Mann Ramblingsbut he's holding a chapter of mine hostage and I have to play nice.

 

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Back to writing, Mountain Lady. I'm looking forward to reading the story.

 

Me? A tease? Never! lol

 

I probably oughta play nice with @Mann Ramblings too, since he's the only one who's read what I have so far of this story, lol.

 

 

[Renee Stevens]

1 hour ago, MacGreg said:

you certainly know how to capture your reader's attention! This is a great sneak peek, renee. Keep it going, and I look forward to reading more.

 

Thank you, Sir! And thank You for the suggestion that jump started this idea! i've got a few ideas for this story, and i think the first chapter is finished. i think i'll wait until i've got the whole thing at least written before i start posting so that there won't be any delays.

[Renee Stevens]

Guess it might be a good idea to see if @Mann Ramblings is going to be able to beta this story, lol. If not, I may need to find a beta reader for it.....

[Reader1810]

7 minutes ago, Renee Stevens said:

Guess it might be a good idea to see if @Mann Ramblings is going to be able to beta this story, lol. If not, I may need to find a beta reader for it.....

Beta reader you say? Hmm... 

[Renee Stevens]

2 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Beta reader you say? Hmm... 

 LOL! Yep. Might even have a second one anyway. Someone to do a first go over, and Mann could be the beta/editor for a final before posting....

[Reader1810]

Just now, Renee Stevens said:

 LOL! Yep. Might even have a second one anyway. Someone to do a first go over, and Mann could be the beta/editor for a final before posting....

I’ve been doing this for a while now with @Carlos Hazday so I think I’ve got the hang of it. Right, Carlos? 

[Renee Stevens]

18 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

I’ve been doing this for a while now with @Carlos Hazday so I think I’ve got the hang of it. Right, Carlos? 

 

If you want to give it a try, I can send you the first chapter to see how we work together   Then you can join Mann in taunting people, lol.

[Reader1810]

Just now, Renee Stevens said:

 

If you want to give it a try, I can send you the first chapter to see how we work together   Then you can join Mann in taunting people, lol.

Sounds good to me. As for the taunting? I’ll leave that to Mann.  

[Renee Stevens]

Just now, Reader1810 said:

Sounds good to me. As for the taunting? I’ll leave that to Mann.  

 I'll pm you