A couple of years ago, I participated in a Web and social media initiative called Six Sentence Sunday. The idea was to publish six consecutive sentences from a writing project—book, story, play, whatever—link it to the Six Sentence Sunday page and then, every Sunday, read the samples of other participants.

Six Sentence Sunday has since closed down, but I thought I would republish my own series here on this new blog. Let me know what you think in the Comments.

Six sentences: enter the vampire
This excerpt features a vampire scene from my first novel, The Bones of the Earth. Not cute, sexy, romantic vampires. No, mine are horrifying bloodsuckers.

Context: this excerpt is from Part Two: Tests. The MC, Javor, his mentor, Photius, and their recently rescued damsel in distress, Danisa, are walking south in Dacia toward the limes, the border of the Roman Empire. They camp for the night. The two men are supposed to take watch in turn, but both fall asleep one dark, dark night. Javor dreams about his old girlfriend:

Her hands roamed over his naked skin, and her kisses became nips and bites. She kissed his throat hard, sucking the skin into her mouth until it hurt.

A sharp pain penetrated his neck, and his eyes flew open as he gasped. The sun was gone the sky was dark, and Javor felt cold. He was back in the night under the oak tree, and there was a terrible pain in his neck. He groped at it and felt something … hairy.

Want to find out more? Want to read about a realistic fertility rite? Click the Sample selection from the Work we’ve done menu at the top of the page for the first chapter. Want to read about vampires who are not friendly and pretty (for a change, at least)? Order the e-book from Amazon or Smashwords.

And continue the Six Sentence Sunday trend — post six sentences from your own work (if you have one) and post a link here, too.