Greetings Children of the Night once again to another Tantalizing Tuesday Teaser.
Every week an amazing array of authors chose one picture each and then, in just 200 words, proceed to craft a short teaser to whet your appetite.
This week I have chosen a picture from an unfinished work-in-progress that I tentatively titled The Beach. These 200 words are from the very start of this tale.
THE BEACH
At first I didn’t pay
much attention to the rope by the water’s edge, after all everyday something
new was washed up on the shore, but as I got closer to it I could tell that
this hadn’t just come from the ocean. The loose knots in the rope said that this
had been used to tie someone up, that much I could ascertain from my little
interest in bondage, yet there was no-one around nor were there any footprints.
Bending down I picked
up the rope and looked at it closely. Apart from it being soaking wet, obviously
due to the tide washing over it, I noticed feint red blood spatter around the
knots. My stomach tightened and I looked out at the water, fearing for the
safety of whoever had been tied by the rope, but I couldn’t see anyone, or hear
anything thanks to the waves that crashed onto the beach just in front of me
which seemed to be getting larger with each new one.
If
someone had been dumped here whoever did it obviously hoped that the tide would
come in and take them away before anyone could stumble across their victim.
I hope you enjoyed this week's teaser and from here visit all my other wonderful friends and read their offerings for the week.
Naomi Shaw: http://naomisfantasies.wordpress.com
Don Abdul: http://don-abdul.blogspot.com
Madison J Edwards: http://madisonedwards.blogspot.com
Molly Synthia: http://mollysyntha.com
Veronica Fredricks: http://authorveronicafredricks.blogspot.com
Dianne Hartsock http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/tantalizing-tuesday-7/
Venus Cahill: http://www.venusbookluvr.blogspot.com
Cyril J. Michael: http://authorcyriljmichaels.blogspot.com
Cassandre Dayne http://cassandredayne.wordpress.com/
Benjamin T. Russell http://incubuschronicles.blogspot.com/
Leann Mitchell http://leannmitchell.blogspot.com/
Bonni Sansom: http://bonnisansom.blogspot.com/
Ray Sostre: http://theafterdarkworld.blogspot.com/
Gemma Parkes: http://gemmaparkes.blogspot.com/
11 comments:
Awe love - what a beautiful and very haunting post. Just thinking about all the concepts of what the rope could have and perhaps should have been used for is very hot. Purr...
Oh wow, there's a whole story behind this bit of rope! You've wet my appetite, now where's the rest... :)
There's a longer story waiting to be borne of this teaser. You have to write it. I need to know more
Holy shit! That was very eerie! I loved this post Julez.
Wow! Who would have thought that something as mundane as a piece of rope could invoke such an eerie teaser.
Well done Julez.
Very creepy! I wonder what happened. Great teaser!
Great teaser Julez, you painted an intriguing picture and made us all want to know about this rope, well done!
You have a winning idea here. You've drawn me in and I want more. Fantastic TTT!
You've left me wanting more, more more! Fantastic Teaser.
Fabulous post. I love a great mystery and you've set this one up perfectly.
My stomach was tied up in knots reading this teaser! Awesome job. Made me wonder what was going to happen next... :)
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