Haunt Cat - Excerpt 26 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – An Old Mystery
Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.
Excerpt 26
Somehow Drake got that the alien was disappointed but the nearly inaudible tread of his sister coming down the barn stairs drew his attention. In one hand she held two plastic travel mugs by the handles and in the other she held a large tea pot. Her face was taut and the reason was slinking down the steps behind her.
“Sever?” Drake rose in his seat and addressed the smaller alien. “Amadahy doesn’t like people to hover in her blind spot.”
Sever glanced at him with a wolves eyes and tilted his head to the side but stayed where he was. Bard raised his head and gave a low growl. Instantly the smaller alien leapt forward, transforming in mid air, and before the humans could blink a silver cougar was sprawling around the root structure at the base of the main pillar. Ama stared at the imitation animal in shock and lifted a finger on the hand holding the cup accusingly.
“You are the Haunt Cat!” she gasped breaking into laughter.
“Haunt Cat?” Bard asked curiously.
“Back forty, fifty years ago a ranger reported a giant cougar that glowed silver in the night,” Ama explained as she set the cups on the woodstove and poured in the tea. “He was spotted off and on for a decade or two after that but then the sightings dried up.”
Bard glanced over at the cat form in surprise but Sever only grinned toothily.
“I wasn’t very skilled at maintaining this form when we first landed,” was all Sever offered. “I got better.”
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Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.
Excerpt 26
Somehow Drake got that the alien was disappointed but the nearly inaudible tread of his sister coming down the barn stairs drew his attention. In one hand she held two plastic travel mugs by the handles and in the other she held a large tea pot. Her face was taut and the reason was slinking down the steps behind her.
“Sever?” Drake rose in his seat and addressed the smaller alien. “Amadahy doesn’t like people to hover in her blind spot.”
Sever glanced at him with a wolves eyes and tilted his head to the side but stayed where he was. Bard raised his head and gave a low growl. Instantly the smaller alien leapt forward, transforming in mid air, and before the humans could blink a silver cougar was sprawling around the root structure at the base of the main pillar. Ama stared at the imitation animal in shock and lifted a finger on the hand holding the cup accusingly.
“You are the Haunt Cat!” she gasped breaking into laughter.
“Haunt Cat?” Bard asked curiously.
“Back forty, fifty years ago a ranger reported a giant cougar that glowed silver in the night,” Ama explained as she set the cups on the woodstove and poured in the tea. “He was spotted off and on for a decade or two after that but then the sightings dried up.”
Bard glanced over at the cat form in surprise but Sever only grinned toothily.
“I wasn’t very skilled at maintaining this form when we first landed,” was all Sever offered. “I got better.”
Science Fantasy Adventure Story
100K Words
Order Now!
#FoundFamily #AlternateHistory #FlyingSparks #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Story #novel #book #Fluff #Angst #AlternateUniverse #Hurt/Comfort #Family #Friendship #love #Violence #Death #FluffandAngst #Parenthood #SupernaturalElements #CharacterDeath #ModernEra #Hurt #Trauma #Domestic #MythicalBeings&Creatures #DrakeMcCarty #AmaLove #Donny #Em #Bard #Bole #Aliens #Spaceships #Crystals #fireflies #NPS #NationalPark #Doctor #Sever #family #storm #writing #reading #drama #literature #author #BettyAdams #DyingEmbers #Dragons #ThingsThatGoBoomp #Indiegogo #CrowdFunding #Injury #Siblings #Enemies
Audio Narration and Animation https://youtu.be/c4ba5EY5uKs
Indiegogo https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flying-sparks-a-novel-of-dragon-bear-and-boy/x/20737048#/
Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/humansareweird/flying-sparks-volume-1-science-fantasy-novel
Humans are Weird Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00WQ0MDD4/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=3974e835-72b1-447d-8da0-a11f0b13024d&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr
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