Saturday, August 27, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday #19: A Very Tortured View of Labor and Frontier History


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For today's Six Sentence Sunday, I'm flipping back to my YA urban fantasy WIP, Osland. Here, we see the oft-confused Lydia Wray offer her rather fanciful theory to the main character, Gail, on why cell phones don't work on their Seattle boarding school campus:


“But there’s a rumor that a hundred years ago some Indians killed these striking union guys, so now the union guys are ghosts and haunt the school blocking cell phones.” Lydia blinked. “Not Indians. I mean not like Leandra. I mean Native Americans.”

How do you even respond to something like that? 


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13 comments:

  1. AlixAugust 28, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    Great six, and solid writing getting that complicated and odd idea across so well. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you.

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  2. Angela S. StoneAugust 28, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    huh?! well that is certainly a six packed with something interesting!!

    xx
    A,

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  3. Sherry GloagAugust 28, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    rofl. Those are some technicall advanced ghosts! Great 6

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  4. sueAugust 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    nope no way can respond to that! loved the cell phone bit

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  5. Chrystalla ThomaAugust 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    ROFL! Loved the explanation. Makes perfect sense! :)

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  6. AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    Wow, interesting theory! XD
    Great six
    Barb

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  7. Vivien DeanAugust 28, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    With a blank stare, would be my guess, lol.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  8. J.A. BeardAugust 28, 2011 at 3:56 PM

    The next sentence actually is "I stared at her, my mouth open."

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  9. Aimee LaineAugust 28, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    You don't respond to that. You just look dumbfounded. ;)

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  10. AnonymousAugust 29, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    There's really nothing you can say to that. LOL :)

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  11. 1000th.monkeyAugust 29, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    ...I'd call that a 'tall-tale'... blank stare is right :)

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  12. Cate MastersAugust 30, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    Some people will believe anything, lol. Fun six.

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  13. Hailey EdwardsAugust 31, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Very nice. Good buildup in this scene.

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