Six Sentence Sunday — "Naughty & Nice"
Welcome to “Six Sentence Sunday”. Thank you for visiting and especially for any comments you’d care to leave.
My teaser comes from a short story that will be in Evernight Publishing’s Stockings & Suspenders holiday anthology, which releases December 9th. In it, a kind-hearted succubus (a female demon who has sex with men as they sleep) is sub-contracted by Santa to deliver “specialty” gifts. Our girl, Lt. Chrissy Ferris, gets a little more than she’s signed up for when she arrives at the two-man naval station on an isolated atoll in the Pacific. Santa has specifically told her the gift’s recipient, Lt. Ramsey, is nice, but his commanding officer, Captain Torino, is naughty, and to be avoided. Chrissy is the story’s narrator:
Some men smile in their sleep. Lt. Ramsey is one. When he wakes up, he’ll remember having a rather vivid and naughty dream about Lt. Ferris. I don’t like to deliver presents this way, and if Santa finds out, he won’t be happy with me. He might understand if I tell him I was
duped, but I’m too proud to admit a mortal male bested me.I’ve just finished zipping up the good lieutenant when I hear the soft scrape of feet on the
wooden floor.
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Uh-oh! The naughty one’s coming! 😉
If you’d like more tantalizing nibbles from other talented writers, check out the host site, Six Sentence Sunday.
AND…if you want to read more of my story, I hope you’ll consider purchasing Stockings & Suspenders. I’m even doing a free giveaway between now and release date so check out my prior blog post to read a much larger excerpt. All you need to do is comment to enter the drawing.
If you’d like to learn more about succubi, please check out my guest blog post for Sandra Bunino’s All Things Girl this past Monday.
what a concept! love it
I love that Santa is involved
First, love the snow, Lila! I’m a fan of your succubus stories already and the Stockings & Suspenders anthology looks amazing. I’m following along the S&S Blog Chain and anxiously awaiting the full cover reveal!
Love your six and especially the “zipping the good lieutenant up” line. Well done!
He smiles in his sleep just like my favorite Scottish hero of all time! ❤
Hehehehe, I smell trouble. Or fun. One or the other. And I’m liking the new blog look, too. 🙂
Really good, laced with your trademark humor and heightened anticipation throughout. Lt. Ferris is quite the Santa’s helper! Love the last line.
Naughty and Nice. Sounds like a two-for and a gift for herself at Christmas. 😉 Great six!
OOohh This sounds interesting! Nice!
I think she’s about to get herself into trouble!
What a cool concept! I love succubi (and incubi, too). To me, they’re the most interesting type of vampire. I also love Santa’s involvement. Such wonderful presents, hehehe
what’s not to love? ❤
Fun snippet! Naughty ones deserve a little something too, lol
Heehee! I love it! Great six, Lila! Happy Sunday! 🙂
Oh, can’t wait to see how that confrontation goes. Hehe. Great six! 🙂
Love this! Naughty, naughty six!
So Santa has an assistant/accomplice/helper not doing her job exactly right? 😉 I’ll bet that guy is happy she’s gone rogue. 😉
The use of present tense heightens the immediacy. Thanks for sharing!
Santa’s succubus is being a very naughty girl :-). Great six!
Now there’s a Christmas delivery! 🙂
~Xakara
A Way To A Dragon’s Heart 6SS
I bet the naughty one can be nice if he wants to! And boy, should he want to. LOL Great six.
Can’t wait to find out just how naughty he really is.
Naughty little santa’s helper! LOVE IT!
hehehe, those foot steps on the wood floor make me want to look over my shoulder! 😉 I enjoyed reading this snippet, it definitely made me want to continue on. Thank goodness Dec 9th is right around the corner! 😀
PS, love the look of your blog, the snow evokes a *sigh!* 🙂
what fun! I love the humanization of “demons” great snippet
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