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Sneak peeks
Here are a few tidbits to pass the time until Deathless Creatures hits the shelves, physically and digitally.
I offer you a sneak peek of the prologue and opening paragraph. Welcome to the world of Deathless Creatures!
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I died on a Tuesday. There were fifteen of us on the sidewalk when the bus spun in the night and we flew, broken, into the black water of Elliott Bay. My lungs filled with icy water as I sank to the horrified shouts from above.
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I wake to the sound of rain pattering on the window, like a thousand tiny, impatient fingertips. I force myself upright. It was the same dream, the only dream, that I’ve had since I died a month ago. Sharp rock walls. Cave air, cold and wet, and ahead, the red tree with sprawling black roots. Whispers in languages I don’t speak. The dead floor awakening, flowers springing to life and dying in minutes, and ahead in the center waits the tree. Its roots crawl along the floor like vines; its bark shimmers an unnatural red. Each night, it calls to me. Each night, I get closer.