Frankenkitty
(Some assembly required)
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. This is a sample from my work in progress, “Frankenkitty”, and I hope you enjoy it. It started out as a young-adult superhero book, and well, you’ll see. In last week’s snippet, Amber gave Mrs Jones a sample of the pink solution. This week starts with the girls in study hall, wondering what to do next.
“What did the book say?”
“It didn’t; he had to wait for the next thunderstorm.”
Mary cocked her head, trying to remember something she’d read, “Lightening; there was something odd about it; not just a big electric spark.”
A boy, one who was not very handsome, a rather gangly, spotty, and very shy fifteen year old, who had been sitting on the table near them, spoke up, “Anti-matter; there’s anti-matter in lightning.”
“Jimmy?” Jennifer recognized the boy from her neighborhood. He’d been quietly sitting next to them, almost every study hall for the whole term; hoping for a chance to exchange a word or two.
Jimmy turned away and looked at the book he was reading. Jennifer persisted, “Jimmy, what did you say?”
Jimmy’s right, by the way, there are positrons produced by lightning.
This is a work in progress. In other news, I’ve become a booktrope author, but more on that latter. It has meant a change in pen-name.
I’m also looking for reviewers for my nearly ready book “The Curious Profession of Dr. Craven” It’s moved out of layout to final assembly, and is now waiting only on the final cover. There was a bit of a hiccough in production, but that’s sorted out.
Get Free Stuff and try out my landing page. There are two free complete short stories available after you’ve gone through the hoops.
R. Harrison, Creative Enterprises 
Cool way to get a girl’s attention! I love geeks. Go Jimmy! I see him being a valuable member of the team!
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You’re right about Jimmy.
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Cool. Bringing in a new character feels refreshing at this point, given their lack of success. Is there really anitmatter in lightning? I never knew that.
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The current is electrons (and probably ions), but the energy is high enough for the creation of positron/electron pairs.(the margin of this comment is too small for the Feynman diagram 😉 ) Since you can generate x-ray photons by rapidly pulling scotch tape from a shiny surface, I wouldn’t be surprised if that made positrons as well. (but I don’t think anyone has detected those).
Thank you for reading. (and catching a spelling mistake that even Grammerly missed). They’re about to have their first success.
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I think Jimmy has just found his way into their group! Knowledge trumps this time. 🙂 Good snippet. Extra smooth writing.
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Oooh, new character! And a nerdy one! I’m all for nerdy characters at pretty much any time. Thanks for sharing!
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I like the addition of Jimmy, although the more people in on this secret, the harder it will be to keep! Great excerpt.
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