Most of these teaser lines are from short fiction pieces I’ve either finished or am working on for 2018. The holidays entirely derailed me, so I’m striving to get back on track now that we’ve headed into a new year.

Email made it far too easy to ruin friendships, so he took to ranting on postcards and trusting in his inability to find a stamp. #1linewed

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) November 29, 2017

He did not start out a liar. The skill emerged when people kept insisting he must join them on their wild romps to dive bars and trashed beaches. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 7, 2017

The same glass ornaments hung, their insides cloudy, their outsides swiped with paint swirls. This year, as a gift, she plucked one and handed it to him with all the care one would give to something truly precious and unique. #Fri1st

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 15, 2017

The words burst free, but stayed quiet, as if, even in his moment of courage, his throat took precautions, allowing the chance that he might not be heard. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 14, 2017

Never had he felt such cold during a kiss before. Icy breath, frozen lips, a chill-inducing moan. Like he’d pressed his mouth against the north wind rather than a warm, inviting man. #FridayKiss

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 15, 2017

He understood why the winds changed and the world never stayed the same. But, man, sometimes he wished things would stay awhile so he could enjoy the view, embrace the people he might never see again. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 21, 2017

The devil in him, I’d seen it. Loved it.#WipJoy D3

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 3, 2018

Except for this one. This last one is from a two day spree of writing down the beginning of a longer story that involves a couple of side characters from The Wilds Duology. Just needed to get the ideas all down in a rudimentary beginning and outline.

That hall held an age, a thousand years or more. And if one walked that corridor, a thousand years he’d feel.#1linewed #TalesNoir

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 3, 2018