Barakah Smith's Blog - Posts Tagged "ya-fantasy"
Teaser Excerpt
Hi everyone! For my first blog I wanted to give you a small peek at my first novel Stranger in a Familiar Place. I am currently writing an indirect sequel to this book but for now I hope you will decide to check this one out! Until next time!
Elias had always gone through life as he was told he should: school, sports, friends—they were all part of his life as a whole. Yet there was something that was missing from all of it—fundamental and yet so simple that he had hardly stopped to think about it. He had a life, friends, and family, and yet he had never wanted to live his life. The realization made his blood grow cold, and his limbs felt heavy as if they were being pinned down by some unknown force. He looked at his killer and felt that for the first time, he wanted to live…
*****
Pain, wrenching pain tore open Elias’s eyes, and a scream escaped his lips as he felt fire leap throughout his being. His head ached as if it were splitting apart agonizingly slow, and he felt the blood in his head pound mercilessly against his forehead. Another cry escaped his lips, and he screwed his eyes shut and bit into his lips, drawing blood. Why? Why does it hurt? he thought as he lay there wondering what had happened to him.
Elias had always gone through life as he was told he should: school, sports, friends—they were all part of his life as a whole. Yet there was something that was missing from all of it—fundamental and yet so simple that he had hardly stopped to think about it. He had a life, friends, and family, and yet he had never wanted to live his life. The realization made his blood grow cold, and his limbs felt heavy as if they were being pinned down by some unknown force. He looked at his killer and felt that for the first time, he wanted to live…
*****
Pain, wrenching pain tore open Elias’s eyes, and a scream escaped his lips as he felt fire leap throughout his being. His head ached as if it were splitting apart agonizingly slow, and he felt the blood in his head pound mercilessly against his forehead. Another cry escaped his lips, and he screwed his eyes shut and bit into his lips, drawing blood. Why? Why does it hurt? he thought as he lay there wondering what had happened to him.
