A Glimpse of Darkness is Random House Publishing Group’s first fan-driven, multi-authored, chain story, where readers have the chance to decide the outcome of a wholly original paranormal story by Lara Adrian, Harry Connolly, Kelly Meding, Stacia Kane, and Lucy A. Snyder.
If you’ve missed any of the earlier chapters, then start here
The fifth chapter, by author Stacia Kane, is below:
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A Glimpse of Darkness
Chapter 5
by Stacia Kane
Of course, it would be foolish to expect what followed her to be a regular rattlesnake. This was El Sòtano; the odds of a normal snake, one she could reasonably stomp on or use her fast Retriever reflexes to grab behind the head and throw away, were slim to none. Munira could only imagine the sort of snake-beast she would face, a revolting fusion of gods-only-knew how many once-living creatures. The only thing she knew for sure was that every one of its mismatched parts would want to kill her. Which meant she needed to get the hell out of there before it had a chance.
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Interested in seeing where this goes? Check out A Glimpse of Darkness in eBook on December 6, 2010!
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Stacia Kane has been a phone psychic, a customer service representative, a bartender, and a movie theater usher, and she thinks that writing is more fun than all of them combined. She wears a lot of black, still makes great cocktails, likes to play music loud in the car, and thinks Die Hard is one of the greatest movies ever made. She believes in dragons and the divine right of kings, and is a fervent Ricardian. She lives outside Atlanta with her husband and their two little girls.
You can check out an excerpt from her first novel, Unholy Ghosts here.
You mind is a dark, twisty place; this is why your writing rocks.
Also, now I’m really nervous about those shrimp I’m about to cook for dinner.
LOVE. IT. !!!!! It’s gross. And wrong. And awesome
(Love my typo, by the way. Clearly I do NOT rock.)
Stacia- I’m loving this whole concept! What a cool way to tell a story. But I must catch up on a few back stories before I can get to yours. Can’t wait!
Wow. Poll result are gonna be a difficult one…
Great chapter, btw.
You are disturbed Stacia, and I love that about you:) You have one hell of an imagination, this was a fantastic, albeit creepy, chapter!
what a great sick chapter.. Nice job Stace
You’re AMAZING! Totally worth the wait. Thanks soooooooo much for giving us a peek into that wonderfully, dark, creative, mind of yours
Dear Stacia,
I love the way you SYCK mind works! Loved the story, but then you haven’t ever let me down. It rocked with the whole I’m sooooo screwed vibe! Looking forward to Downside 4 and Downside shirt that I have on order!
Yours,
Cindy!
Lovered it! It somehow is so much more satisfying when the hero or heroine has to WORK for the escape! But I do have to say that you take improper delight in beating the unholy CRAP out your girls!
Thanks everyone! Hee, I did have a lot of fun writing this one.
And you know, I never thought of that before, but I guess I do rather enjoy beating them up, don’t I? I wonder what that says about me. Probably something a psychiatrist would want a lot of money to fix.
With the way this poll is going, I wonder if there is a way to write the next chapter using both options…
Great chapter. It’ll be cool to see how it turns out.
You kick ass @StaciaKane ! @kujo317