Dance in the Outback is my seventh release and to
celebrate I’m giving away seven copies (gifted via Amazon) of this story. The
contest will run until 30 November 2013 and to enter the random draw, please
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All details are on my blog : http://www.segilchrist.com/2013/10/31/new-release-dance-in-the-outback/
I spent some years travelling and working in the
Australia Outback. It’s magnificent out there, so vast, so quiet and yet I
sensed a power that emanated from the very earth itself. I can’t describe the
rich, redness of the soil and it’s so fine it works its way into every tiny
crack of your car.
The heat is unbelievable and so are the flies. The
worst place for flies, we found was Mount Isa where we camped beside the road.
So sooner had we alighted from the car then they were everywhere. Swarming over
my face, crawling into the corners of my eyes and impervious to my swotting
them with my hands. Needless to say, I ran inside our camper and spent the next
half hour chasing those that had followed me, with fly spray. Ugh. It was the
middle of summer though and we’d been in one of those ten year droughts.
And yet despite the heat and the drought, the
Australian Outback is still alive with life.
Another excerpt from Dance in the Outback © S.
E. Gilchrist 2013
“Leave what to you?” asked
Dirk striding up, his lean, hard body glistening from where the sun's rays
gilded his wet skin to glittering bronze.
Tammy ran up and collapsed
into a chair but Melanie barely noticed her. Her tongue cleaved to the roof of
her mouth as she drank him in.
Beside her, Harry said
quickly, “Nothing Dad. We're talking about our trip to Brissie next week.”
“Mmmm, well, about that trip.
There's been a change in plans. I've arranged for Tom to fly us out in two days
time. I don't want to risk flying once that weather hits us. Hope that suits
you, princess.”
“Huh?” What was he talking about again?
“Aunty Mel, Aunty Mel.” sang
out Tammy. “I need to go...you know.”
“Oh, of course. Here, put
your sand-shoes on first.” Face on fire beneath two pairs of amused brown eyes,
she rose and pulled on her volleys. Holding her hand out to Tammy, they walked
away from the camp-site.
“I'm having so much fun. Are
you having fun, Aunty Mel?” chattered Tammy. “Oooh, look over there! Emus.”
The young girl dropped
Melanie's hand and raced off in the direction of a flock of emus that stood
with their inquisitive faces and beady black eyes turned in their direction.
Puffs of red dust rose around Tammy's feet as she ran.
“Tammy, wait,” called Melanie
as she hurried after her charge.
Suddenly, Tammy screamed and
fell to the ground. Her heart in her throat, Melanie closed the distance fast
only to stop three feet from Tammy's legs. The little girl lay prone on the
dirt her hands braced either side of her small body. From where she stood,
Melanie could see her eyes were open and she was breathing quickly.
Coiled on the ground in a
sinister thick, olive-green circle right in front of her head was a snake.
Even as Melanie watched with
terror turning her stomach upside down, the reptile rose a metre into the air
and swayed, hissing, from side-to-side.
There was no mistaking that cream, unmarked belly.
The mulga snake or otherwise
known as a king brown.
One of the deadliest in Australia
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SE can't remember a time when she didn't have a book in her hand. Now she writes stories where her favorite words are ...'what if' and 'where'?
Her writing features stories in the romance genres of futuristic/sci-fi, fantasy, ancient history and post-apocalyptic. She has now added contemporary rural romance to this list. The heat level of her stories varies from scorching to sweet and everything in between.
SE is published by Momentum Books and Escape Publishing and is an indie author.
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2 comments:
LOVE the picture of the Emu (Ostrich? ... looks like an Emu... )
Made me smile. The snake, not so much. Thanks for the excerpt!
Emu - yes, they are curious birds but can be intimidating, especially when they can look you in the eye. Thank you for dropping by ;)
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