First Excerpt and Update

Since I'm not publishing BlackMoon Beginnings this weekend like I had planned, I decided that I'm going to post an excerpt. This excerpt is from chapter two. The scene after this one helped me come up with the book title. I thought that it would be a fitting first excerpt. I hope you like it.

Pulling into a parking lot at the back of Second Chances, the local thrift store, I get out of the car and begin walking towards the book store located across the street. I stop at the crosswalk to push the walk button…only there isn’t a walk button. Since the weekend has begun, Stormfield is pretty quiet. Most people would have gone into Brookville, the larger town located a few miles away for their weekend festivities. Without bothering to look before crossing, I take a step off of the curb and into the road

After a couple of steps, I am blinded by a bright light and a loud noise echoes down the street to my right: a car horn. It seems like everything freezes around me. The wind picks up and blows my hair across my face, momentarily blocking my vision. I know that I am going to be hit. My heart is beating a mile a minute as if trying to escape my chest. I’m sure that if anyone was near they could hear its loud beat. My airways constrict, making it difficult to breath. I try to move my feet, but they seem to be glued to the ground, forbidding any movement. Fear overwhelms me as I see the car getting closer. During times like this, most people would say that their life flashed before their eyes. I don’t know what kind of situation those people went through, because the only coherent thought running through my mind is crap, I’m going to be hit by a car.

Suddenly, the sky darkens, lightning cracks overhead, thunder booms directly above, and the intensity of the wind increases. The car is less than a foot away from me. Since moving is impossible, I close my eyes and wait for the pain.

It never comes.

The car horns blares, nearly blowing out my ear drums. At the last possible second, a large gust of wind blows through the street, picking me up and depositing me on the other side of the road. Rolling, I put my arms out to try and stop the momentum, but only manage to scratch my exposed skin.

My body collides with the curb, successfully stopping the rolling. Turning onto my back, I try to catch my breath because the wind was knocked out of me during the fall. I can’t suppress the painful groan from escaping my lips. Black spots start to dot my vision. Moaning, I attempt to roll over and sit up, but am overcome with dizziness. I hear the sound of a bell, a door open, and then footsteps running towards me. The car speeds past me—the driver yelling all sorts of obscenities out the window.

“Oh my goodness, dear, are you alright? I saw what happened, but couldn’t make it to you soon enough.” I look towards the sound of the voice, but can’t concentrate on who is speaking to me. The world is spinning all around me, creating duplicates of everything. I feel the woman reach for my hand. Wrapping my arm around her neck, her other arm wraps around my waist, and she pulls me up. Leaning almost all of my weight on her, she walks me towards her store: the BlackMoon Bookstore.

Thoughts? If you don't like it, please give the first book a chance! It'll be free, so you're not losing anything. At the moment, I still don't know when it is going to be published, but I will let you all know when a definite date is set. Since I have all this extra time, I'm just editing it to make sure it is perfect and ready for release. I'll post little excerpts here and there, so keep checking back.

 

 That's all I have for today. Until next time!

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