Welcome to another round of Weekend Writing Warriors. The rains have come and it’s about thirty degrees cooler than it was the last time I whined and moaned about having to sit in my hot office. Unfortunately none of this real world stuff does poor Eli any good. The hero of my erotic space opera From Mars, With Love is still stuck in the stasis pod and things are looking grim.
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Eli could see enough to watch the asteroider run from the room. Then the lights went out and the goo stopped rising. Everything went quiet. He waited for a moment, heart pounding, and then started to thrash again. Maybe the slaver hadn’t had time to properly seal the pod. Maybe he could force it open. He pushed with his hands and knees against the lid. It didn’t even pretend to budge. He gulped for breath. The goo was supposed to sustain a prisoner in stasis and no fresh oxygen was being pumped in.
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As often happens when searching for sexy space guys with guns, I find sexy space guys with sticks instead. Here’s Alex Malleri, Jr. from Dark Matter.
From Mars, With Love follows the adventures of Eli and his pal Rilke, two down-and-out scavengers from earth as they’re abducted by slavers, arrested by space marines, and dumped on an unwelcoming outpost on Mars. Eli’s troubles are only beginning when he finds out the ring his mother gave him contains the life force of a powerful but dormant alien and the mysterious man he has a huge crush on happens to be an alien smuggler. Eli’s just trying to make it on Mars, but can he survive the dangerous political intrigue swirling around him? This erotic space opera is a work-in-progress. Stay tuned to this blog for ongoing excerpts and updates.
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Alexis Duran 
Ooh, tense snippet! Very visual and exciting – can’t wait to read more!
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Umm…getting stuck in that stasis goo without oxygen is causing me panic for your character. Thanks for sharing.
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Poor Eli. I swear, I check in on him every week, hoping he’ll catch a break, but nope. Authors are cruel, cruel people. 🙂
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Says the woman who did THAT to Kendryk! 😉
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I’m breathless with suspense.
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Bad word to the author for such punishment. Actually this is a great snippet full of suspense.
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Uh-oh. That’s no good. Looking forward to see how he gets out of this one!
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I like Eli – he never gives up. But wow, is he ever in a tense situation now (thanks to you LOL). Great snippet!
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Very gooey writing, I must say.
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Oh no! Things are DEFINITELY looking grim! How is he going to get out of this mess? Great choice for a snippet–love the action and suspense.
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I hope he keeps his cool! If I were in that predicament, I’d probably start having a major panic attack.
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I’m sitting here hyperventilating a little bit;). Great description, his desperation bleeds through.
And very nice image;).
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This might be the most threatening use of goo in all of erotica! Well done – and I’m holding my breath with Eli…hope he can wriggle his way out of this!
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Very tense! You drafted that wonderfully.
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Catching up on Eli’s predicament. Yuck– the goo. 🙂
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