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FrankenKitty 13 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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.

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FrankenKitty 12 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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.  After blowing out the town power grid (temporarily as it turns out) Jenny reminds Amber with an IM that Mrs. Jones, the fons et origo, of the project wanted a sample of the pink solution.

In the morning Amber took a half-liter of the pink solution, still glowing though not as brightly as the night before, and put it in a bottle. On the way to the bus, she stopped at the Towers. She hesitated, then walked in and asked the attendant if he could give something to Mrs. Jones. He said he could;  Amber pulled out the bottle and he said, “Homebrew?”

“Not really; don’t drink it.”

“It’s not dangerous, is it?”

“I don’t think so; Mrs. Jones gave us a recipe and wanted to see a sample when we made it; perfume.” It didn’t look nor did it smell like the attendant would even know what perfume was.

“Alright.”

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.

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FrankenKitty 11 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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. The week before last week, in the chapter, “The Gerbil from Hell,” the girls found a test subject. The trouble continues this week. This snippet picks up right after last weeks where Amber and Mary’s coil blew out the town electrical grid.

As the lights came back on, Jennifer put the gerbil in a jar and Amber poured enough of the glowing pink solution over it to cover the corpse; Mary nudged them and muttered, “MOS.”

“What are you doing?” Dr. Maria Venik or Mrs. Gross was not a woman to stand for much nonsense.

Amber had a story ready, “This is a special fixative. It will help dye the gerbil’s body so we can see what’s inside without cutting it up.”

“Is that why it’s glowing, Fluorescein?”

“Yes, Mother.”

“What were you doing with the coil?”

“That was my bad,” Jennifer said, “I wanted to see what it did; more than I expected.”

“I hope you’re not hurt,” Mrs. Gross was suddenly worried that her householder’s insurance might not cover burns from electron accelerators and Tesla coils or worse.

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. The week before last week’s is here.
and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.  I’ve added a sub-title “(some assembly required).”

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.  There was a bit of a hiccough in production, but that’s sorted out.

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FrankenKitty 10 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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. The week before last week, in the chapter, “The Gerbil from Hell,” the girls found a test subject. The trouble starts this week. This snippet picks up right after last weeks where Amber reminded Mary about their experiments with a coil.

“How could I forget? We nearly blew out the town’s power grid; you don’t think.”

“Why not,” Amber said, “it would be fun, and we could totes do it this time; they’d never know it was us.”

Jennifer’s father arrived at Amber’s house to pick up his daughter. He arrived just in time to see the house lights dim and brown out. The streetlights flickered then went out. Then with a loud bang, the whole street went black and sparks flew from the transformer attached to the power line in the street.

“Funny that,” he said to himself, “Same thing happened last year.”

 He tried to ring the doorbell, then after realizing it didn’t work without power, knocked on the door.

Amber’s parents calmly answered the door; they were wearing LED headlamps and were surprisingly unphased by the events of the night.

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. The week before last week’s is here and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.  I’ve added a sub-title “(some assembly required).”

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.  There was a bit of a hiccough in production, but that’s sorted out.

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FrankenKitty 9 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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. Last week, in the chapter, “The Gerbil from Hell,” the girls found a test subject. The trouble starts this week.

That evening, Jennifer persuaded her father to drop her off at Amber’s. She brought a cooled corpse, Bobby’s gerbil, fresh from the refrigerator. Mary was already there.

Amber said, “This is cray cray, you know.”

They followed the recipe from Dr. Frankenstein’s notes. The solution, a mixture of various things, was a viscous pink goo. Jennifer picked up ajar of it and said, “It doesn’t glow like the notes say; what did we do wrong?”

“We don’t have lightening,” Mary asked, “How can we finish the mixture?”

Amber smiled, then said, “Remember last year, when we built a coil?”

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. The week before last week’s is here and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.  I’ve added a sub-title “(some assembly required).”

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. Although if you wait a few day’s (after the release)  I’ll have a rafflecopter where you can enter the review URL to win a prize.

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FrankenKitty 8 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

(Some assembly required)

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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. Last week Jenny and her father met Mrs. Jones and arranged for an exchange student, Gertrude von Volkstein, to visit. This week, in the chapter, “The Gerbil from Hell,” the girls find a test subject.

Bobby’s Gerbil died in the night from whatever it was that carried off small animals. He, Bobby, not the Gerbil, of course, was upset. His mother and Jennifer were secretly relieved. Like most boys, he’d promised to look after the animal, keep the cage clean, the poor thing fed and played with. These tasks had devolved on his mother and sister. The body was put in the fridge so that a proper funeral could be arranged.

Jennifer called Amber on her cell on the way to school.

“Amber, we have a subject.”

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. Last weeks is here and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.  I’ve added a sub-title “(some assembly required).”

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.

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FrankenKitty 7 #wewriwar #amwriting

Frankenkitty

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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. The week before last they met Mrs. Jones, nee von Volkstein. Despite the premature reports of her death, Mrs. Jones was still alive. Last week they started in on making the surprisingly powerful “pink solution.” This week Jenny and her father meet Mrs. Jones and arrange for an exchange student to visit.

When they knocked on the door, Mrs. Jones answered; her voice was beginning to reflect her frailty, but her joy when she greeted them was unmistakable.

“Velcome, come in please.”

Jennifer’s father began, “I’m so sorry, we thought-”

“Jennifer explained it to me this afternoon; these things happen.”

“Still, I’m sorry.”

“Vell, it’s just as good that you’re here; my grand-niece Gertrude is looking for a place to stay as an exchange student; she’s about Jennifer’s age.”

“Jennifer, it might be fun to have a foreign student here; for how long and what do we have to do?”

“All you have to do is sign the paperwork and my nephew, her vater will handle the rest, including the costs.”

Jennifer’s father asked to see the forms and Mrs. Jones handed him a thick sheaf of papers, some in German, but mostly in English. A yellowing black and white photograph of a teenage girl was stapled to the upper left corner.

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. The week before last  is here,  last weeks is here, and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.

I’m also looking for reviewers for my nearly ready book “The Curious Profession of Dr. Craven”

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FrankenKitty 6 #wewriwar #amwriting #weareparis

Frankenkitty

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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. Last week they met Mrs. Jones, nee von Volkstein. Despite the premature reports of her death, Mrs. Jones was still alive. This week they start in on making the surprisingly powerful “pink solution.”

Amber, Mary and Jennifer spent an enjoyable afternoon reading the recipe. It was written on an enormous scale, starting with a hogshead of distilled or clean rainwater.
“That will never work,” Amber said, “We’ll have to scale it down.”

Some of the ingredients were easy to find, but many were decidedly oddball, and it took several passes through search engines to find modern names.

Jennifer scowled, “Red Cinnabar? Eight Drachms, what the heck’s a Drachm?”

Mary laughed, “Mercury sulfide, Amber, is your dad going to let us play with that? It’s poisonous.”

Amber pulled a dusty bottle from a shelf, “It was Grandpa’s; a Drachm is an old measure of weight; Look it up.”

Jennifer’s fingers were the fastest on her phone, “3.8879346 grams,” she laughed, “It says that’s three scruples.”

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. Last Weeks is here and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.

I’m also looking for reviewers for my nearly ready book “The Curious Profession of Dr. Craven”

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FrankenKitty 5 #wewriwar #amwriting #weareparis

Frankenkitty

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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. Last week they decided to give Dr. Frankenstein’s ideas a try. Both Mary and Jenny are on their way to visit Amber’s “lab” after school. The bus has just dropped them off, and they meet someone important on the way.

The big yellow school bus squeaked to a stop just off the main road, near the old folk’s home known as the towers.

“My official stop is closer on the street,” she said, “but it’s faster to walk from here; we’ll cut through the garden and down Elm Street; be home in no time.”

Several elderly inmates of the Towers were sitting in the garden as the girls walked through it. Jennifer suddenly stopped and stared at one of them.

Mary asked, “What is it, Jenny?”

Jenny slowly approached an ancient woman, a woman with a fierce looking face that belied her friendliness.

“Mrs. Jones?”

“Jennifer, what a surprise; I thought you were going to visit me sooner.”

“I thought you were dead.”

“Oh, that explains it; there vas another Mrs. Jones; they mixed up the names.”

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. Last Weeks is here and you can read the whole last chapter if you’d rather.

I’m also looking for reviewers for my nearly ready book “The Curious Profession of Dr. Craven”

I thought hard about giving this week’s entry a miss. In the end, if we quit even in little trivial things like this, then they win.

FrankenKitty 4 #wewriwar

Frankenkitty

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 Jenny’s friendship with Amber and Mary grew, and in the midst of the highlight (or low-light) of high-school biology -fetal pigs- she let them in on the secret.  Today we begin to see where they’re going with it.

Mary carefully sounded out “Experimente in der Reanimation von abgestorbenem Gewebe,” and then said, “That doesn’t mean experiments in reanimation, does it?”

Jennifer nodded, “Yes it does, Experiments in the Reanimation of Dead Tissue.”

“And the name inside,” Mary continued, “That’s not really Frankenstein, I mean the Frankenstein?”

“It is, my neighbor Mrs. Jones gave them to me. She was his great-granddaughter; these are his lab-notes.”

Amber laughed, “Do you think they’d work?”

“I’d like to try; bring back my cat Mr. Snuffles.”

“That’s not possible; he must have been insane.”

Whatever was there, no matter how ill-conceived or incorrect, wasn’t insane.  Amber sat there, slightly stunned, “You know, Jenny, it might just work. ”

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. Last Weeks is here and you can read the whole chapter if you’d rather.

I’m also looking for reviewers for my nearly ready book “The Curious Profession of Dr. Craven”