Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
It is hosted by Denise and is a manifestation of that oft-ignored truism, Less is more.
There is a prompt word and the exhortation to write a story of six, and only six, sentence length.
How hard can that be?
This a ‘Whitechapel Interlude‘ week, so the Six that follows constitutes the next installment in our story of secret societies, time travelers and Man’s darker urges.
Prompt word:
MARVEL
“Did you hear something?” the raging of night retreated slightly in Sarah’s eyes, yet there was the slightest pause of fear in her voice, as she sat, the bedcovers as unimportant as her nakedness; for my part, a flash of anger at the interruption rallied muscles previously relaxed for more subtle use, accentuated a snarl of frustration in some back corner of my mind; I marveled more than worried at it’s savagery.
After our impromptu interview with the Reverend Mother, Sarah and I were given the rest of the day off; me from my duties manning the soup station on the corner of Dorset and Chiltern Street and Sarah from her work in the infirmary.
I did not look to Sarah to reassure, touching her hand as a signal of my intentions; only recently, about the same time as my misadventure following the Time Traveler, did I begin to see the young woman next to me more as Sarah than Sister Sarah; now we were together, yet despite the Order being as liberal regarding the behavior of it’s members, I suddenly enjoyed an appreciation of the story of Adam and the famous Garden.
No sooner had I closed Sarah’s door behind me, did I heard Brother Abbott, “Cite me the correct verse from the Bible that rules the Sons of Adam, that we might talk.”
“Genesis 3:9-11”
He smiled like an older brother aiding the pre-dawn return of a younger, errant sibling back into the family home, “Thank the Goddess your sense of propriety hasn’t been consumed by righteous guilt; meet me in the common room in an hour.”
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Hot stuff .. Very good Clark.
thanks Paul!
Sarah and Anselm have the makings of a cute, young couple. (Of course, one being possessed by a hunter-demon and the other manipulated by a Time Traveler, notwithstanding!)
I love the bible reference – God calling out to Adam “Where are you”
great love story – thank you.
I like how he sees her as Sarah now, and not just as a colleague.
The opening sentences are tense and primal, and you can feel the raw energies.
Love blossoming, even under such pressures as they face!
It was fun to write, in the way that many of my Sixes are, because of (them) being installments in a serial story. Scenes like this one is kinda exercise to express qualities of both the characters and the narrative… i.e. the distinction between Western culture that we’re accustomed to, i.e. the Sons of Adam and the invisible world/culture of those who follow what may have been the true (at least to the extent of being the first version) story of the creation of Mankind.
you know, a novel comprised of back-cover copy
lol
I’m smiling with Brother Abbott :D
(Can’t decide if Anselm or Brother B picked the music, lol)
good point, could, imo, have been either lol
I suspect Adam and Eve were expecting something more pleasant than getting knowledge that they weren’t good enough to be lords when they risked eating that fruit.
yeah, they kinda messed up on that one
The problem, of course, is that relationships always, always complicate everything.
as long as it involves two living humans, I suspect the variations (issuing from the interaction) of a relationship is nearly unlimited.
Brother Abbott knew exactly which scripture might be the best way to make his point about the situation.
I’m kinda liking our Brother Abbott, among all the characters.
Though I don’t like the Time Traveler, Mr Egmont (though I’m keeping an open mind on the hunter demon that is, somehow, a part of Sarah)
I see I have more background reading to do and a newcomer to another intriguing tale!
It (actually both serials) are fun to write as they are to read.
Hey! Have you heard of my running offer (to others here at the Six) to do a ‘walk-on’ for an installment in either ‘the Whitechapel Interlude’ or ‘the Case of the Missing Fig Leaf’?
Caught before he can err. . . .good six.
Thank you, Arlene