So I Wrote A Thing…

I’m taking an online writing / marketing course called Write To Publish by Joe Bunting et al and one of the things I did this week was write a short story which I called THE ROBBERY – A TALE OF THE BLUE GOLEM.

The story is a scene adapted from my Fantasy / Noir novel, THE BLUE GOLEM, which I’m finishing up this fall for publication. In this scene, Clay Golem, the city’s only rickshaw driver, has been minding his own business but the situation gets dicey when he drops an elderly couple off a quiet pharmacy in a bad part of town and two ruffians show up to rob the place. Here’s a snip from the story:

I was lounging outside waiting for the fisherpeople to complete their business when two rough men stepped out of the shadows and stopped right in front of me. In unison they pulled bandanas up to cover their mouths. The smaller one strode across the street, punched the door open with his shoulder, and quickly rolled inside. The larger one faced me and pointed the business end of a rather large wand in my general direction. 

“Mpf oo cee mfythmph!” 

He was probably six-four but I run eight feet easy and this wasn’t the first wand I’d had pointed in my direction. I was the city’s only mana-activated clay golem and I eat magic for breakfast. 

“I didn’t catch that,” I said. 

“Mspt ou zee nyghming!” he repeated, louder. 

I shook my head. “Nope, still nothing.” 

He pulled the bandana down with a jerk and I got a good look at his face. I may not remember who I used to be nor how I came to be in this city but my clay memory in indelible and I never forget a face. “Hey, bulky—you don’t see anything,” he said. 

These weren’t my people and this wasn’t my fight. I casually held up my dinner plate sized hands. “I just pull the rickshaw,” I said.

The story is a rough draft but it’s short and moves fast and is a lot of fun. If you’d like to check it out, you can read it here. The password is the second word in the title.

I’d love to know what you think!