The lovely Lisa at Writing in the Buff hosts Book Blurb Friday. Each week Lisa posts a pretend book cover to fire our imaginations. Our task is to write the book blurb for the back cover in 150 words or less.
Hell to Pay  Kim Grady is late for work; she is still single although it’s complicated, has a nightmare boss, is addicted to sushi and has a cobweb on her car. Except when she brushes it away, it turns out instead to be cracks in the Material Plane of Existence. Now her car has a hole to Somewhere Else, somewhere very dark and hot and smelling faintly of brimstone. She also has voices in her head that want her to be despicable, but the only thing they can agree on so far is to paint the bathroom black. Should be an interesting day; perhaps things are looking up.  |
104 words plus notebook!
LOL!!!!!!!!! I love this!!! I knew cobwebs were doorways to other things! Well done you!! Take care
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Another sci-fi blurb masterpiece, and this one with such great humor. I love the list. LOL Really wish I could buy this. . .it sounds to be a great read.
ReplyDeleteOh, all the evil things that could take place? And what kind of man will she find if she chooses one in the alternate universe?
ReplyDeleteGreat story - I'd read it!
Absolutely excellent. I want to read that book! :O)
ReplyDeleteI love the use of the notebook (very clever) and adore the fact that "all hell breaking loose" is literal in this case.
ReplyDeleteDom, you are always 'way out there! "The only thing they can agree on so far is to paint the bathroom black." Oh yes, very interesting voices in her head. LOL
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Kay, Alberta, Canada
An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel
Another incredibly clever winner, from the title all the way to the to-do list. Love that last line. Next time I'm having a really bad day, I will be sure to examine my Plane of Existence for cracks.
ReplyDeleteClever, amusing and very individual ...
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant, Dominic! I like the way your mind works...my own Plane of Existence tends to be a little warped...LOL! The last line in the notebook could not get any closer to perfecttion...loved it all!
ReplyDeleteGuess what....no kidding....I DO have a black bathroom. Well, black and gold. Your opening of the book sure has me pulled in...and that is a pun.
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A bit of Truth - fictionalized
Love the blurb! Who knows might happen when there are planes of existence breaking up.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! What a great book this would make Dominic-it has humor, intrigue, possible annihilation...
ReplyDeleteGreat fun, Dominic. This would be such a wonderful book, full of mystery and black humour and things that go bump! in the night. I like the list! We have lists going back twenty years or more of things still to be done . . .
ReplyDeleteWow, from the mundane to the deep existential! This amused the heck out of me, especially with the black bathroom.
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Paint the bathroom black? Poor Kim has lost her sanity for sure. She will now spend the rest of her life trying to keep it looking clean. I think she'd be better off in that brimstone place. I don't know if I could bear to read such a tragic story. :D
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