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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Name That Genre! #27

TITLE: Adult
GENRE: Secret

“Great. I needed this like I needed a hole in the head,” Jordan groaned. Although given her present situation, probably not the best choice of words.

“Hey Princess! Are you deaf?” the demanding voice growled. But she simple sat there unmoved and continued to drink her double caff venti macchiato – or whatever the mortal called it.

Her cell went off with an incoming text. It read: D kindly requests your presence back at home.

Of course she does. Jordan sighed and stood up to leave. Grabbing her coat, she began to walk towards the door.

“I’m sorry, but am I interrupting something?” the brute snapped again, impatiently.

The cell dinged again and Jordan groaned. She lifted the phone and read: Immediately if not sooner!
With a deafening bang and a loud scream from everyone else in the restaurant, Jordan saw her impatient cell shot to pieces out of her hand.
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29 comments:

  1. partlywritingAugust 27, 2014 at 11:09 AM

    Urban fantasy. The comment about "the mortal" is what does it for me. If it weren't for that one word, I might have gone with Thriller.

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  2. PatchiAugust 27, 2014 at 12:37 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    "her double caff venti macchiato – or whatever the mortal called it."

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  3. Alessa HinloAugust 27, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    Urban fantasy

    Princess, mortal, macchiato, and cell phone.

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  4. Heather CRAugust 27, 2014 at 1:21 PM

    Urban fantasy

    mortal

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  5. AnonymousAugust 27, 2014 at 1:33 PM

    Urban fantasy. But that hinges on a single word, "mortal."

    Suppose it could also turn into horror. Or paranormal romance. :)

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  6. IcySapphyreAugust 27, 2014 at 2:17 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    Only because of the word "mortal." Maybe paranormal.

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  7. E.G. MooreAugust 27, 2014 at 2:54 PM

    Urban fantasy

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  8. CyanaAugust 27, 2014 at 3:29 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    The use of the word Mortal.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 27, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    Fantasy

    Mortal

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  10. UnknownAugust 27, 2014 at 3:59 PM

    Fantasy -- also because of the word 'mortal'.

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  11. C. R. BaileyAugust 27, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    Urban Fantasy.

    Mortal says the MC is not, so it's an alternate world. I could go with paranormal romance.

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  12. MargotGAugust 27, 2014 at 4:55 PM

    Fantasy.

    Calling a human a mortal as if she is something else like immortal, the impatient cell, as if it has a mind of it's own, speak of fantasy.

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  13. Sarah Maury SwanAugust 27, 2014 at 5:16 PM

    Fantasy, but confusing. Who's the brute who shows up in the middle? Good luck, Sarah

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  14. ChristinaAugust 27, 2014 at 5:52 PM

    Urban fantasy

    Mortal

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  15. krystal janeAugust 27, 2014 at 8:06 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    Only non-humans call people mortals.

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  16. Beth CarpenterAugust 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM

    Fantasy. Mortal was the clue.

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  17. Heidi StallmanAugust 27, 2014 at 9:07 PM

    Fantasy. Mortal gave it away. I was pretty confused reading this, however.

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  18. CatAugust 27, 2014 at 9:17 PM

    Fantasy--

    Perhaps Urban Fantasy. The term 'mortal' gives it away :)

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  19. Timothy GwynAugust 27, 2014 at 9:46 PM

    Urban Fantasy.

    Urban because of the coffee shop. Fantasy because the MC ordered with help from a "mortal."

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  20. UnknownAugust 27, 2014 at 10:26 PM

    Urban fantasy, but I'm a little baffled about what's happening. Non-mortal getting a text, but not knowing what the drink she ordered is called, seems a little out of whack. It looks like the coffee shop is getting held up and she's ignoring the robber, but I can't really tell.

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  21. Jennifer KayAugust 27, 2014 at 11:16 PM

    Fantasy - mortal.

    Also confused. I think you need to slow the scene down a bit. There's too much bouncing back and forth between the text bothering her and the person in the coffee shop bothering her for the reader to get grounded in the world.

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  22. amhogganAugust 27, 2014 at 11:38 PM

    URBAN FANTASY or THRILLER

    I'm getting mixed signals. Referring to "mortals" makes me think she isn't so this must be some kind of fantasy and since the setting is modern, I go with UF.

    But then somebody shoots her cell phone and that sounds more like a thriller. I guess there could be gunplay in UF, but I'm still confused.

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  23. Adam HeineAugust 28, 2014 at 1:34 AM

    URBAN FANTASY

    "Princess" did it. "Mortal" confirmed.

    I'm having trouble following this, though. It's difficult to tell whether the demanding voice and the brute are the same (and I have no idea who they are or what they're doing). Combine that with the fact that Jordan could also be a guy's name (and so I didn't immediately recognize that "she" was the same as Jordan), and I got really confused.

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  24. AnonymousAugust 28, 2014 at 1:55 AM

    Fantasy. This is interesting but confusing.

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  25. hlbrixeyAugust 28, 2014 at 1:13 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    Modern coffee and cell phones but the character is implied as not a mortal.


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  26. BarbaraAugust 28, 2014 at 5:22 PM

    Urban Fantasy

    The 'mortal' did it.

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  27. Mark MurataAugust 28, 2014 at 9:23 PM

    Urban fantasy.
    I think you meant "she simply sat there."

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  28. kristine NAugust 29, 2014 at 8:34 AM

    Urban fantasy.

    Definitely modern setting (cell phones, double caff venti macchiato) but the reference to 'the mortal' suggests fantasy.

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  29. CM VillaniAugust 29, 2014 at 1:40 PM

    My Submission is indeed Urban Fantasy.

    And yes, for those of you who guessed, Jordan is an immortal. So a mortal trying to intimidate her is a laughable annoyance - one she would really like to swat.
    For those that were confused by the quick pace, my appologies. 150 words is not enough for a full explanation of what was going on.

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