TITLE: ADULT
GENRE: SECRET
Dammit! Mabel swore silently as she stepped off the plane and realized that she was sharing her skull again. I thought maybe I’d lost it somewhere over the Pacific.
She spent a moment working through a sense of panic that wasn’t entirely hers. She’d hoped that once she got this far, it would stop pestering her and just let her make a vacation out of this forced march instead.
She looked around for a shuttle to take her to a local hotel, and started toward the advertised “Airporter,” but an involuntary locking of limbs brought her up short. Another of those mental nudges she’d tried so valiantly to ignore over the past couple of weeks finally pushed her out of the terminal toward the rental car counters, and she heaved a sigh. Apparently it wouldn’t allow her to stay here in Hobart, either. Insistent little miscreant, aren’t you?
Don't know.
ReplyDeleteI'd take a stab at romance or paranormal (or both!) but I'm not sure. It's a good set-up, though.
Science Fiction
ReplyDeleteI like the "Body Snatchers" feel. Good job.
Urban Fantasy
ReplyDeleteBecause of the mind control at the airport
Urban fantasy
ReplyDeleteSomething shares her body.
Science fiction
ReplyDeleteFantasy
ReplyDeleteThe sharing of a body
Some kind of paranormal/fantasy. It's definitely not set in the 'real world'.
ReplyDeleteParanormal.
ReplyDeleteHmm..just taking a stab. There are certainly clues that it's not contemporary:)
Sci-fi.
ReplyDeleteSharing of skull, being nudged/controlled.
paranormal/urban fantasy
ReplyDeleteSeems like some kind of possession. I ruled out horror since we know right up front that there is more than one entity inside the protagonist.
I wasn't pulled in until the last line: Insistent little miscreant, aren’t you? I would keep reading for that line alone.
Paranormal because of the mc being periodically possessed.
ReplyDeleteFantasy/paranormal. I got lost. Good luck, Sarah
ReplyDeleteHorror.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the possession.
Urban Fantasy
ReplyDeleteHope the MC knows how to drive!
Science Fiction?
ReplyDeleteFeels more science fiction than fantastical to me.
Not Sure--
ReplyDeleteWhile Mabel's will is not quite her own, she's not horrified at it. She's annoyed, unpleasant, but words like "pestering" and "little miscreant" suggest a lighter frustration--almost a sarcastic humor.
I'm not sure on this one. It feels like she has multiple personalities. Or maybe she's possessed, paranormal maybe?
ReplyDeleteFantasy. (although possibly scifi). Somebody else living in her skull and controlling her body . . .
ReplyDeleteUse of the word "it" to describe whatever she's sharing her skull with really threw me off and made this harder to read than it might have otherwise been. Would Mable have named the "it." Maybe if you captitalized "It"
Interesting that she's sharing her head with an "it" rather than a he or she. Equally interesting that this "it" has a sense of panic and is keeping her on the run. A touch confusing that the it locked her limbs and then nudged her to move right after. I'm gonna go with modern sci-fi, since I feel like the it is some kind of alien entity (though I could be wrong).
ReplyDeleteScience Fiction
ReplyDeleteI immediately thought paranormal first, but when I read it again it seemed more alien "body snatcher"-ish.
Science Fiction
ReplyDeleteCould also be paranormal if her passenger is a demon, but the panic makes that seem unlikely. Shaping up to be SF along the lines of brain-switching, or alien telepathy.
Paranormal romance?
ReplyDeleteCan't tell if it's paranormal or science fiction. I guess it depends who is controlling her skull. But it's a good opening. Caught my attention.
ReplyDeletesci fi
ReplyDeleteURBAN FANTASY
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I'd cut the "Dammit!" "Mabel silently swore" does the same job. Otherwise I have no nitpicks :-)
Not sure.
ReplyDeleteWasn't sure if the 'miscreant' was real(Fantasy or paranormal) or if it was psychological(Contemporary-as in schizophrenic personality disorder). Same problem with the arrival details, even "Airporter" doesn't really reveal enough given the surrounding general details.
Paranormal
ReplyDeleteThis woman is possessed by something that's forcing her on a journey.
Paranormal
ReplyDeleteShe's sharing her mind with someone/something else.
PARANORMAL
ReplyDeleteThe setting is modern day (airport), but an unknown entity has taken over the MC's body. One fantastical element in a real-world setting makes me think paranormal. (I'd also consider Urban Fantasy.)
PARANORMAL
ReplyDeleteBecause possession...
Genre is actually CONTEMPORARY FANTASY (usually lumped together with URBAN FANTASY).
ReplyDeleteHopefully having the title would be enough of a clue for the reader in a more standard context. :\