Bottle Caps and Alternate Universes

Dear story snacker,

As the piece of short story below is the third and final part of its tale, I’d like to ask you which story you’d like segmented and sent your way next time. Do you want

1.     The Search for Santa: A boy who tries to see Santa on Christmas Eve is kidnapped to the North Pole by a robotic St. Nick impostor and must free himself and the elves in order to find the real Santa and save Christmas. Or

2.     Death and Bottlecaps: Eric Romulus, an ancient private detective has one day to find a missing person. Romulus has seen a lot, but he’s never been set on someone’s trail by their killer.

Let me know via return email which you’d like to read next!

JOURNEY JOURNAL

Seventy-NINE agents have now been sent a query letter and bits of my manuscript. I think when I hit eighty agents, either one of two things will happen:

Option one: I will get a reply from someone who wants to represent my novel. Option two: our planet will be sucked through a portal into an alternate universe where TWO agents want to represent me.

Oh, and my gift writing business, PROTAGONIST, has a website now! See for yourself.

After you see for yourself, enjoy the finale below…

STORY SNACK

Will and the Wisp

Part 3 of 3

Part 1 and Part 2

“Uh…uh…uh…”

Will spoke metronomically, barely hearing himself as he stared at his half-hand, tendrils of pale light fluttering where his fingers were supposed to be. He could still feel them burning with cold. When he tried bending his nonexistent digits, the smoky remnant fluctuated like a candle flame being breathed on.

‘Best resign yourself to your fate, urchin. Free me sharpish and I’ll let you lure the next bungling brat into our mistress’ clutches.’