Welcome to Snippet Sunday.
Enjoy a snippet from last week: Flowers and Fangs #1
This week’s snippet is from Flowers and Fangs.
The three Hayes brothers arrived at the Wilkins’ home and are hunting a Nosferatu (one of the more nastier vampires and the most lethal). They’ve cornered the creature in the backyard.
This is in Derek’s POV.
*The excerpt may have been modified to fit the 10 sentence limit. 
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The vamp bellowed and stumbled forward. Derek didn’t waste any time and loaded another arrow, but the vamp had already dislodged the weapon from his shoulder and flitted.
“Behind you,” Wade shouted.
Derek heard his brother’s warning as he swung around to fire off another shot. The vamp stood a foot away with his hands outstretched and his fangs a nasty length meant for tearing. If he’d been a millisecond slower, he would have been this vamp’s next victim. The vamp fell to his knees then face forward, landing hard. He had hit the vamp’s heart, paralyzing him, but the creature was far from dead.
A simple stake to the heart didn’t dust a vamp; the wood only immobilized it. To truly kill a blood drinker, they had to relieve it of its head, and this took a good deal of muscle, but once done the blood drinker literally turned to ash. Yeah, dust to dust, ashes to ashes…yada yada yada…
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Nice change in the mythology. 🙂
Jennifer,
So glad you’re enjoying the mythology. 🙂
Great visuals in this snippet — very easy to “see” the action.
Thrilled the scene was so easy to see in your mind. 🙂
Oh man, that’s spooky as hell, but I like the premise of the story, Karen. Great snippet.
Siobhan,
Is it terrible for me to say I’m thrilled you’re spooked? lol Thanks for stopping by.
What a story! From Gryphons to cowboys and now Vamp killers. Karen you are one heck of a writer. Terrific exciting snippet.
Charmaine,
Thanks so much. There’s a story for everyone. lol
Love your creative take on this, and the humor at the end gave it just the right balance. Great snippet!
Joyce,
So glad you enjoyed the snippet. 🙂 Danger and humor– just keeping it real. lol
Very intense. Love vamps! I love how you move from the intensity of the scene to that last line of thought … yada yada yada. 🙂
Erin,
Love vamps, too. Some of the hunters aren’t so bad either. 🙂
Ooh, this sounds intriguing, Karen. And that cover is gorgeous!
Charley,
So glad you liked the cover…and the snippet. 🙂
Dramatic snippet, love the feeling of danger in every line. Enjoying the story!(The one brother seems overconfident to me, which invites disaster 🙂
Veronica,
I’m glad you’re enjoying the snippet. Overconfident… a hunter better not second guess his actions or it may be his last hunt. 🙂
Still enjoyed a good vampire battle. Great action scene and visual. 🙂
Lorien,
Glad you’re enjoying the take down.
The action is incredibly visual, Karen. Off with his head.
And I agree with Erin. The shift in that last line is perfect. 🙂
Teresa,
So glad you both liked the humor in the midst of danger. 🙂
Sounds like a lot of work, but worth it. That vampire was not messing around!
Caitlin,
No he meant business. lol
What a fun bit of action! I’m liking the way you play with traditional vampire lore.
Jeff,
Love the legends and I love to give them a new twist. 🙂 Glad you’re enjoying the tale.
Like the snippet … the action combined with the humour … well done.
This one is a freaking hard kill, wow!
Intense snippet. I need more!