I promised that I’d post again, because I’m finally writing again. 🙂 This is good. This is from a short story called Through Her Sunken Dream, and it’s about the effects of severe depression. It’s also two females in the lead this time, my second foray into that genre. Hope you like!
P.S.–I went a little over the six. Apologies!
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Her vision blurred a bit, scaring her since the room was already dark. She shuffled over to the line of light with the moving shadow Tara figured must be her girlfriend. Her hands searched for the doorknob, slipping on the metal handle two or three times before managing to unlock the door. As it opened slowly, Mina careful of her proximity, Tara whispered, “We were snuggling… weren’t we?”
“You said you needed to pee,” Mina answered, keeping her voice calm, but her facial expression told Tara of the terror filling her. “I’m going to turn the light on, babe, because I need to see you.”
“I’m cold,” Tara told her girlfriend. “Can I have a blanket?”
Author: M. LeAnne Phoenix
M. LeAnne Phoenix would tell you that the worst time of her life was the two years that she attempted to take off from writing. If you asked her to explain exactly why she did such a thing, you would most likely get the mad attempt to arch an eyebrow like her dad and then a shake of the head as she told you it was unlucky to speak of such things. Suffice it to say, it will never happen again!
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas in the mid-1970's, Ms. Phoenix was young and wild (and even free!) during the crazy wondrous decade known as the 1980's and the even crazier but now grungy decade of the 1990's. Music is second only to the muses that live and breathe to fill her mind with beautiful men, and music always helps them to tell their stories. She is never without her Galaxy phone or some form of Supernatural / Dean Winchester and Castiel paraphernalia no matter where she goes, although, she does like to hike and take pictures of the sky and the moon, and even the occasional shot of the sun through the branches of a tree.
An avid cat lover, Ms. Phoenix has been owned by many throughout her life, though her current owner is one Gypsy Jo, who really would like for her to step away from the keyboard and pay her some attention! After all, hasn't she earned it?
M. LeAnne Phoenix can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mleannephoenix. As this is her first real foray into the professional world of writing, there will be more social media to come.
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Nice snippet, I like it so far.
Thankee, Louise! ❤ The story has been hard to write, but the message is worth it!
Poor Tara. Very intriguing scene! 🙂
I hope you like the story in full, Addison! 🙂
Yay for writing again! I like the snippet…I want to know more about what’s happening here. I love both the title and the premise, too.
I saw the submission call go out and I wrote most of Sunken Dream– title from one of my favorite lines in one of my very favorite Bowie songs– on the plane back from visiting my parents in Texas a couple of weeks ago. If it doesn’t get picked up, I’m going to pick Kellie Dennis’ brain and get my own cover for it. 🙂 I’m very proud of this story!
I do hope you like the full story!
I can’t wait to read it!
This certainly sounds ominous. I’m intrigued.
I hope you like the full story, Jana! Thankee for dropping a comment on the snippet! ❤
Great tension in this. I want to read more and find out what’s going on.