23 September 2011

SFFS - An Excerpt from "Little White Truths"

Well, apparently I was blind last week and even though I'd looked, didn't catch the 4-10 sentence guideline on Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday postings. So, tucking my tail between my legs, I humbly submit my excerpt this week. This particular excerpt comes from my first-ever published short story, "Little White Truths" (which is part of my short story collection Dead or Alive):

I never thought I would one day become an addict.

Looking back, it was inevitable, with my long trips alone in a cramped spaceship. It leads to boredom, which doesn’t have a lot of cures. There was no clear moment in time I could point to when the solution turned to full-blown addiction. Instead, it was more gradual and sinister, until the realization became obvious.

“Would you like another, sir?”

I looked up at the light brown man in a stiff, white shirt as he stood next to my table. I glanced down at the pale green remnants of some drink I’d forgotten the name of.

8 comments:

  1. lol, we all make mistakes :-)

    the snippet - am wondering if the addiction is to drink, like the pale green stuff, or something else. Intriguing snippet.

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  2. I've never been addicted to anything (except the odd TV show) but I've seen enough to know how insidious addictions are. And this captures it well.

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  3. Never mind :)

    Sounds like absinthe! Another good snippet.

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  4. It does tend to lead one to assume that he's referring to the drinking, but reading the full story (you can also snag a free copy over on Wattpad, or via my short story page on AstonWest.com

    Thanks everyone for stopping by!
    :-)

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  5. That was supposed to say "reading the full story is the only way to know for sure."

    I have a tendency to get dis...squirrel!

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  6. Interesting to see space travel portrayed as something other than glamorous and exciting.

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  7. Well, it's usually exciting, but not in a good way. Sadly, the low spots of society have a way of transcending both time and space...

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