~~Warning: drunk Santa themes~~
On Sundays, I share tidbits of my works in progress as part of Weekend Warrior’s 8-Sentence Sunday.
Today I'm sharing the opening snippet from Two Santas for Sarah, a project I've monkeyed with off and on after seeing a submissions call for holiday-themed menages.
“What do you mean, Santa’s passed out in the break room?”
Sarah barked the question into her cell phone loudly enough to widen the eyes of a little girl whose mother was pulling her along down the sidewalk by a mitten-covered hand.
She attempted a reassuring smile at the tot and lowered her voice by hissing the rest through clenched teeth. “I thought the replacement Santa was starting today?”
“This is the replacement Santa,” Claire replied. “He arrived all boozed up--and it gets worse.”
“What could be worse?”
“Since he passed out on top of the donations, half of the toys we planned to give out to the shelter kids are crushed.”
Sarah barked the question into her cell phone loudly enough to widen the eyes of a little girl whose mother was pulling her along down the sidewalk by a mitten-covered hand.
She attempted a reassuring smile at the tot and lowered her voice by hissing the rest through clenched teeth. “I thought the replacement Santa was starting today?”
“This is the replacement Santa,” Claire replied. “He arrived all boozed up--and it gets worse.”
“What could be worse?”
“Since he passed out on top of the donations, half of the toys we planned to give out to the shelter kids are crushed.”
So, what do you think?
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I'm J. Rose Allister, wife, working mom, and the author of over twenty-five books. Somewhere in between one and the next, I love hanging out here on my blog and over on Twitter. Give me a comment or follow-I love chatting with people!
