Welcome to weekend writing warriors. Many fine authors, and me, contribute short snippets for your delectation. This is the start of a new work, Illegal Aliens. It is something of a cross between a horror story, a science fiction tale, and a romance.
Last week Roland awoke, alone. Something of a surprise, and in some ways a shock. His mobile chirruped into life and the works manager – where he’d been called to examine a mysterious block of Roman concrete – told him the “bloody German bomb, it went.”
Mr Shah clicked his tongue, “Captain Carter examined the area before the blast – there wasn’t any bomb.”
“He must have missed it; that was Roman concrete, and you know as well as I do that the Romans didn’t even have gunpowder, let alone high explosives; what does he say about it?”
“Nothing; can’t; he caught it.”
“Oh … I’m sorry.”
“Well. Just a heads up mate; expect you’ll get a call; they’re thorough bastards.”
“Who?”
“MI6 … there’s a chance it wasn’t a German bomb.”
“Shit.”
“All I can say is it’s a good thing I’m Indian, Hindu. They’ve already interviewed Na’el … gave it to him; put him through the ringer, poor lad; not that there’s anything he’d have to do with a bomb; can’t even stand the firecrackers on Guy Fawkes.”
My sincere apologies for abusing semi-colons.
One of the things I’m proud about this selection is that it brings to life the poly-cultural nature of the south of England. They, like the land of the free and home of the brave, have tensions between rural and homogenous urban regions (mostly Wales, the West and the Midlands) and the diverse urban areas (concentrated around London). However, there is a reason curry is the national dish. The diversity brings a vibrancy to the country that is undeniable. The header image, which I stole from ITV, shows one of the bands in the Notting Hill carnival – Mardi Gras on Thames (except it’s not on Shrove Tuesday).
I had hoped to announce that pre-order was finally available, but Amazon is giving me “an unexpected error occurred try again later” error. Oh well.
If it wasn’t a German bomb, what was it? You’ve got me wondering.
Of course not. Thank you.
A bit of intrigue to get things going. 🙂 Makes me wonder what really caused the blast. 🙂
Thank you. What indeed. There’ll be a reason & it will be wrong.
They definitely don’t want to have any run-ins with M16! Great snippet!
It’s only the start of his troubles. Thank you
Oh boy, sounds like Roland might be in the thick of it! And might have to answer some questions about where he was last night. 🙂
He will. Thank you
Love the dialogue, Amelia. You also got you Mr Shah down. I could hear his accent and see his head bob. Good job! I love multi-racial casts!
Thank you.
Interesting excerpt indeed! Why am I dubious that there was actually a German bomb 🙂
Thank you.
I’m impatient for some answers!
It will take a while at 10 sentences per week. 🙂 Thank you.
Ohhh! Nice bit of suspense there, Amelia. Now I’m wondering, too!
Thank you. The complications are only beginning.
Curious. The clues keep coming. Thanks for sharing!
I think we’re all wondering what that ‘bomb’ really was. Intriguing snippet, looking forward to reading some more.