Six Sentence Sunday - A Knight in Cowboy Boots #9


This doesn't follow last week's SSS sample immediately, but it's pretty close behind.

            
When someone knocked insistently on the door at her back, Maddie’s hands clenched, her finger tightening on the trigger. The explosion sounded like a cannon going off in the room and the sharp smell of gunpowder filled the air. The bullet spun Zach around. He fell against the bed, and slid down until he was sitting on the floor beside it, facing away from her.

             
“Oh my God!” The gun fell from her numb fingers and bounced across the floor.






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15 comments:

  1. Sandra SookooSeptember 11, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Yikes! Hope he's okay. Nice six!

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  2. sueSeptember 11, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    That was an explosion in more than one way

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  3. Anne HollySeptember 11, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Wowzers! That's good tension. Good six!

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  4. mariedeesSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Oops! Great six!

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  5. KaceyHammellSeptember 11, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    oh dear. hope there will be a good ending on this :) Not sure who was more surprised. Gr8 6 !!!
    Love the cover!

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Great six. I wonder if he slumped to the ground from being wounded or from surprise that she tried to shoot him

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  7. Lorien VelezSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Fantastic six! Hope he's okay. :)

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  8. Siobhan MuirSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Whoa! She did it! Great six! :)

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  9. Cara BristolSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    Uh oh! What a way to end your six. Great selection.

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  10. CherylSeptember 11, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Great six. Had me hooked from the get-go.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Ooops!

    Fantastic hook.

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  12. 1000th.monkeySeptember 12, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    Uh, oh... hopefully she didn't hit him anywhere serious...

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  13. Zee MonodeeSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    Amazing tension! Can't wait to know what happened to him now!

    And *wave* from a fellow PopCulture Diva :) xoxo

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  14. Lynne MurraySeptember 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    Eeek! A bullet can really get in the way of a relationship! Hope he's okay. Suspenseful six!

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  15. Hailey EdwardsSeptember 20, 2011 at 4:41 AM

    You did a great job of layering in detail and ramping up tension in this scene.

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