About this snippet: Chapter One (Don't Fear) The Reaper Snippet 4 Last week snippet is here.
Cecilia finds her mother at home sitting in the study, a shrine of sorts to her father who died 23 years ago.
This story is a WIP. The story is in the very early stages and has not been edited.
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Her mother gripped a bottle of whiskey in her hand as if it were a lifeline to the here and now. Her mother was only forty-six, looked older without her stage makeup, but she still kept her figure, most likely because she'd forgotten to eat half the time she was on tour. She may be mom to her, but the world knew her as Phoebe Keddie of the Feral Hearts with golden blonde hair, gray eyes, and a curvy firm body that knew how to move in a way that hypnotized and fascinated the audience into dreaming of sex on the long summer nights–or so the reporters liked to say about her. Wonder what they say if they saw her tonight.
The clicking hum of the projector playing behind her mother drew her interest, and she took a few steps into the room to glance at the white wall where her mother's gaze seemed to be fixated and then she realized why there was such a fascination. Her father had recorded all of the band's rehearsals, and apparently, they still had the old reels stored somewhere since one of the rehearsals was being projected on the wall.
She never really knew her father, Lars Gunner, frontman for the Silent Plaids, since he died when she was three years old, but she'd seen plenty photos since the media liked to keep his image alive with videos of his performances and his photographs plastered on the Internet. Lars could almost be called pretty with his Nordic good looks and wide blue eyes, but his five o'clock shadow and longish blonde locks gave him the edge he needed for his rock star image. She was blessed or cursed, depending if they'd ask her, with looking like him–long straight blonde hair, wide blue eyes...yep, she could not deny she was the spawn of the late Nordic god whose songs had rocked the world in the early 90s.
Truthfully, she never cared for the Silent Plaids' music, and if she were to listen to the oldies but goodies, she went for a Civilized Heathens' CD because let's face it, Bellamy Lovel was a babe back then and his curly dark hair was to die for, but most of all his voice and the way he moved was every woman's rock star dream.
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Loved to hear your feedback. 🙂 Those of you who followed snippets of Two Worlds Collided, my recognize the rock star Cecilia admired. 🙂
Unofficial Blurb for End of the Road
Lars Gunner, the frontman for Silent Plaids, died 23 years ago and is trapped in limbo until his daughter, Cecilia, unearths his journal and is able to see him. His death was ruled an unfortunate accident, but he's convinced it had to be murder despite the fact he can't recall what happened in his last moments of life. Cecilia seeks the help from Kaleb, a psychic, but as they resurrect the past, the secrets and lies surrounding Lar's rock and roll life just may be the death of them too.
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It’s funny that the white wall reminds her of her father.
Hmm… not the white wall but what is playing on the white wall. The projector is playing a scene with her father and the band.
Good job winding information into the actions and responses of your characters.
Angelica,
Thank you.
Interesting snippet. I liked how she described her mother in a semi-detached way. Almost like she’d distanced herself so she couldn’t be hurt by her anymore. Well done.
Happy New Year.
Sue,
Glad you enjoyed the snippet.
Woohoo! I know Bellamy Lovel and Civilized Heathens!! 😀 Great snippet and great connection, Karen. 🙂
Siobhan,
I knew you’d catch that one. lol
This scene has such a feeling of realism to it, really wonderful details and I definitely want to keep reading – well done! Best wishes for a Happy New Year!
Veronica,
I’m so glad it rang true.
I love all the details included in this excerpt. It reveals so much.
She very honest with herself that she doesn’t like her father’s music. I wonder if that says anything about how she feels about him.
Love the name Civilized Heathens! (I have a feeling I can guess where that came from based on previous snippets. Are the two books related?) Interesting blurb and look into the story. Seems quite catching, if not a little eerie and mysterious, which I like.
Really drew me into the scene and the people.