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This snippet concludes the opening chapter from The Long Dark. Anna drives a massive surface vehicle and is aiming to retrieve a hard-to-reach navigation beacon before winter closes in. A sudden sound startles her. The last snippet ended: Home and safety, a crawler driver always looked to their rig first when danger threatened.
A faded echo rolled over her like distant thunder. Anna scanned the horizon. Her scalp crawled. There’d been no signs of a storm, and the landscape around her seemed placid, unmoving. Besides, that didn’t sound like it came from the depths. She squinted skywards.
A vapor trail traced a fast-moving line across the coppery sky and cast an ethereal shadow on the skim of cirrus that muted Big Red’s shine. Anna puzzled for a moment, and released a pent-up breath. Dangerous time of year for craft to be chancing a landing.
She sighed and shrugged, not her problem, and turned her attention back to securing the beacon.
Hopefully this ties together Anna's scenes with Jennifer's.
After three months' sporadic work, cover art is now down to finishing touches.
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11 comments:
She thinks it's not her problem, but I have a feeling it somehow will be soon.
"not her problem" -- Famous last words!
Hi Ian - I hope that 'it isn't her problem' ... as both Jessica and Ed say ... I too suspect differently.
Wonderful art work - it's becoming really clear - clever.
Take care - Hilary
Like everyone said, "Not her problem." :-) That simple statement shows a lot about the character of these hard-working people. They have bigger problems with just the day to day tasks of eking out a living in this harsh environment.
Still... Not her problem. I agree. Famous last words...
Your visuals are marvelous, Ian, and I can so get her attitude. She's got enough on her plate. LOVE the cover details - especially the tires!
You've all most certainly got the right idea. Not her problem? How very wrong can she be?
Mwahahahahah ...
I have a feeling it may all soon become her problem in some way! Enjoyed the excerpt as always, you write with such depth and reality of the world being described.
It's going to be her problem. I'm sure. Great snippet.
Bet it is her problem, or it soon will be.
Not her problem = definitely will become her problem.
History has proven that the more we use those three words the more our problems grow.
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