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Six Sentence Sunday

Sorry this is a day late; I was out of town this past weekend.

“What are you?” he asked, ignoring Paribanu’s question.

“I’m different things to different people. To Ali Baba I was a djinn. To Cinderella I was a fairy godmother. To the devout I am a guardian angel. I’m whatever you need me to be, Zeke.”

This is from A Handful of Wishes, my novel-in-progress.

Have your own favorite six sentences, from stuff I’ve written or someone of your own?  Share them below, or play along at the Six Sentence Sunday website.

Six Sentence Sunday

I’m stealing this idea from JA Belfield.

Laura found herself pouring out the story: her devotion to Sam, their unexpected break-up, her attempts to get back together, his refusal to have anything to do with her, her anger at seeing him with other girls. “He’s doing it on purpose, in front of me, just to rub my nose in the fact that I can’t have him,” she concluded.

“And that makes you angry, right? Because you deserve him and no one else does?” Alec’s eyes gleamed.

Laura nodded, unable to look away.

Today’s six sentences are from “The Kindness of Strangers,” out this week in the Indiana Horror Anthology 2011.  You can play along at the Six Sentence Sunday website.

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