Hi there and welcome back to my blog, warriors! Today I'm looking forward to making the rounds and sharing another part of my recently published fantasy novel Anoethau. Critique and comments are always welcome, and I hope you enjoy today's snippet. :-)
After fleeing his parole, Artie, the protagonist, finds himself at a place called Southampton, England. Most commonly known for the Titanic commencing its first and final voyage from the Port of Southampton, it is also a place of pubs and heavy drinking. This is what happens, when Artie finds himself in the midst of it...
The next thing he knew; there was a large object
flying right by his face.
It landed behind him on the road and from the sound
of shattering glass, he recognized it as a beer bottle. People yelled at each
other in front of another bar only a few feet ahead and there were three or four
men in a drunken fight out in the street. The loudest of them wasn’t involved
in the actual fighting, but shouted from the sidelines to the ones pummeling on
one another with their fists.
“Get on with it you sissy,” the agitator yelled, laughing.“If I lose the money, I’ll start beating on you too,” he shouted, slouching at the corner to the open bar door.
Artie didn’t want to get involved in their quarrelling, but he knew, if he passed the group, they would make him get involved. From his experience with fights in prison, he figured that his best bet was the offensive mode, but he was a little too drunk to spin the plot all too clearly.
“Hey Dickhead,” he slurred at the agitator from a distance, “how much money did they bet on your stupid face?”
Dumb, I am dumb, he thought, but it was
too late.
Synopsis
A play on the famous Arthurian legend, Anoethau tells the story of Artie Kendrick, an ex-convict, who has spent the better half of his life in prison, and now prefers the solitude of his house to being in the company of people. Backyard gardening is a newfound and most welcome hobby of his, until, after days of heavy rainfall, he discovers a strange artifact in the puddles of his vegetable patch - a sword. It's not just any sword, since it was given to him by a mysterious woman named Viviana, who introduces herself as a deity of another world. The gift comes at a tremendous price: with it, Viviana wants him to kill her arch enemy and save her world from destruction.
I like being privy to his thoughts. Yep. He is being dumb. But also smart. :-)
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