Recycled Thoughts

My friend Ed Abbey (not his real name, of course) has been writing a story in his blog. He chose not to take the NaNoWriMo challenge, but instead thought he'd put forward what he had time to create. This is an excerpt from one his chapters and all I can say is WOW! I love these two paragraphs! You feel like you are the character. I'm hooked Ed and you really need to consider publication. That's MY two cents!!

Recycled Thoughts:

"His one eye that worked stared off over the valley where the moonlight reflected off of so many drops of rain still clinging to the branches of trees like jewels. The sandstone of the rocky bluffs along the river stood out white in stark contrast to the darkened trees and shadows all around. It was so beautiful he thought, so damn beautiful.

Off in the distance, he heard a man talking but he couldn't speak and even if he could, the beauty of the night captivated his attention. Slowly, like the fadeout option of his computer screensaver in the life he had left behind, details of the scene started disappearing, one by one. His vision narrowed down to one silvery drop of rain hanging onto a branch only a foot and a half in front of his eyes. As he tried to focus on that one glorious sight, it let loose, falling just as his vision went dark for the last time. His breath rattled from between his lips and the head sank forward to rest once again, on the sunken remains of his chest that no longer moved. Silence returned to the world."