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Tiny Nell

Fellow TBers,

I call upon your creativity...

I have finished my collection of short stories and flash fiction entitled 'Minor Discord' and am at the point of creating a blurb.

So far, I have:

Dare to visit the dark places at the edges of the map, places where you will feel unsettled and from where characters will follow you, whether you want them to, or not…

This collection of stories and flash fiction...

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I'm not sure how to finish the last sentence. Do I want it to reflect the expected response again (I've already said that it is unsettling)? I can't use the light-hearted verb 'will entertain you'. I do need that sentence, though, to sum up what the book is.

Sorry, that's all a bit rambling. Any ideas?

heather

will take you back to the shadows of your childhood bedroom or the echoing footsteps on an unlit street and show you what (or who) was really there.

Or something...

Tiny Nell

I like the 'shadows' idea, heather.

My brain's whirring...

heather

I wondered what that clunky noise was

Tiny Nell

This collection of short stories will lead you into the shadows. Don't get left behind...

- and I could get rid of the first set of dots.

Tiny Nell

Yep, that'll do!

Thanks for inspiring me, heather!

Lou Treleaven

Sounds great!

heather

Perfect!

sallyj

This collection of stories and flash fiction will haunt you long after you've finished reading.

C2

:-S scary.

Tiny Nell

Be afraid, Maro. Be very afraid...

Wilts

Very scary!

Lizy

... will grab you by the throat.

C2

:-/ I'm leaving this thread, now, an' I'm not coming back in.

heather

Ah, but what's behind you...

C2

X_X I'm not looking...

Lizy

Behave, you lot! TN asked for our help.

Stop mucking about and get thinking.

heather

But she's already decided, so I thought it was playtime now!

Tiny Nell

Yes, please feel free to indulge in a bit of TB frivolity. The book's complete and will soon rear its (very) ugly head on the TB ers books thread. Just out for coffee first!

Claudia

Behave, you lot! TN asked for our help.

Stop mucking about and get thinking.

But she's already decided, so I thought it was playtime now!

)

Can always rely on TB to cheer up my day!

snailmale

I have obviously arrived at this thread too late to make a worthwhile contribution. Never mind.

Tiny Nell

You never visit...

You never call...

snailmale

I'm here now, that's all that matters.

Tiny Nell

*hangs sign on door*

Sorry I missed you. Back later.

snailmale

*arranges twigs on drive to form a sinister gypsy sign and exits to pub*

Tiny Nell

*kicks way through sticks, sweeps up efficiently and pops in green bin along with rain-swelled mouse*

snailmale

Ha! You were in all the time, just didn't answer the door!

Tiny Nell

*hides in coat cupboard*

I'm not in!

Oops.

*sellotapes lips together*