A contest is coming up for aspiring writers. We are to write
a short synopsis of a finished novel, then add the first two sentences. The winner
will get a free critique from a professional editor of the first ten pages of
the story. So here’s the synopsis, then the first two sentences will be below
the picture. Let me know what you think.
Ashley, a fairy, grows to human size and helps out in the war
of the worlds when Martian cylinders land. Steam-powered war machines emerge, wielding
heat-rays in their metallic tentacles. Although Ashley comports herself as a
lady, she gathers her courage and flies near the head of one of the machines to
help guide the artillery. But the resulting explosion separates her from her friends,
leading to a lonely odyssey in war-torn England.
On midsummer’s eve I stood on the central toadstool,
gripping the bumpy surface with my toes. The moist air from the humus below
clung to my bare skin, the warm mugginess attacking the elaborate curls I had
styled for the occasion.
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